Even with a far from ideal setup, the CMC still produced something. Truly there is no debating the need for a parent high wedging into the region ahead of a storm and if we can get that (which is looking increasingly likely), this is the period to watch for some type of wintry mischief.
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Pattern January 2021 - Joyless January
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iGRXY
Member
So everything from a ICE storm to a snowstorm is on the table for the day 7-8 time frame. I think I would lean towards the ICE storm potential in the CAD areas of NC/SC/NEGA as it's been tough to get the latter to actually materialize.
Webberweather53
Meteorologist
Anything from warm & dry, severe, cold rain, ice or a snowstorm is on the table actually. Been beating a dead horse on this, but it's the kind of pattern where legitimately anything & everything is possible imo.
Webberweather53
Meteorologist
Man...
Yes 
Looks like the next 10 days or so are gonna be pretty wet especially in parts of TN, MS, AL, and GA. Should help bring January closer to average on rainfall after what’s been a pretty dry January so far in terms of rain especially compared to recent years.
SouthSideYankee
Member
I love how the southern stream finally grabs that northern energy. Let's hope we can trend even better ?
Frames are slowly loading in for the GEFS on this system in college dupage but it looks like a fairly good increase in members that support a winter storm whether it be snow or ice ... lots of icy members
Webberweather53
Meteorologist
[Concur] Yes [/Concur]
I really like this threat right now for one key reason. We get an injection of cold air before this storm arrives from storm number 1 which should be a fairly wet one and give north mid Atlantic into NE a good winter storm.. one it passes you see nice cold highs filtering in on most models and from there the southern jet is shooting out storms and we get one right as the cold is getting established here ... basically having COLD air FIRST makes it way easier to make it “happen” per say
packfan98
Moderator
Here was the final tally for the Canadian:
packfan98
Moderator
Euro coming in similar:
Freaking beautiful 
packfan98
Moderator
Reminder that this is not the proper thread to whine, complain, post gifs that you think are funny, etc.. Take that mess to the Whamby thread.
iGRXY
Member
Euro seems warm at the surface compared to the CAD being depicted
packfan98
Moderator
I agree. IF the high pressure is there and timed correctly, it will be colder. Maybe a blend of all of the current modeling would be better at this juncture. They are actually in pretty good agreement for this lead time.