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12 January 2008

Exercising restraint

The 4:24 AM version of the local Forecast Discussion:

GOOD NEWS IS THAT THERE SHOULD BE ENOUGH COLD AIR TO MAKE MOSTLY SNOW INSTEAD OF ICE. BAD NEWS IS THAT THERE COULD BE A LOT OF IT. NEWLY-ARRIVED 06Z DGEX LAYS A WIDE SWATH OF 10-20 INCHES OF SNOW FROM OK TO IL... WITH A 25-INCH MAX IN NE OK. THAT SURELY LOOKS A BIT EXTREME BUT DOES TEND TO GET ONE'S ATTENTION.

This describes DGEX. A typical DGEX map might look something like this.

Posted at 12:33 PM to Weather or Not