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Pattern Flaming Feb 2021

GFS run would give everyone the added cold from the snowpack that would be laid down, in addition to the brisk winds making the windchills insane for most.
 
Geez, if you hang your hopes on each individual long range model run, you will go insane. It's pointless. The problem is, many only take into account a model run which fits their narrative (cold and snowy) taking it to the bank as gospel. Then when an alternate run comes about and destroys the narrative, then it's the end of the world. Ensembles are what I prefer to focus on. ALL the globals have been like a pogo stick this winter and can't be trusted more than 5 days, if that long.
In cases where big cold shots sweep across the country, it seems, in my limited memory, it is often delayed but not denied. Sort of like slow moving lava.
I agree with everything you just said. Also something to add is that while the big push of Arctic air may be coming in the 2nd half of next week instead of the early in the week, I wouldn’t be shocked to start seeing models even cool things some early in the week... I’m not buying near 70 like the 12z GFS or anything close to it. 3 days ago temperatures here we’re supposed to be in the mid to upper 60s on Friday, now it’s looking like low 50s. We’ve seen warmups get muted like that all season. Obviously it’s a model bias in not recognizing the strength of blocking during certain time ranges and wanting to pump up the SER, but when it does recognize the strength of the block, it mutes the SER
 
The models can’t handle the arctic cold mass! It’s so unusual, it’s so cold, they can’t compute it! They will flip flop horribly, till it gets closer! Think New Years 2017, I believe? Models had a horrible time with that
 
Biggest thing to take away is a winter storm is likely within the next 2 weeks. It just depends on when we can get the cold air to finally drive southeast. One thing to note is a 1060 MB high going to be coming down? Likely not, 1045 - 1050 is more likely when a strong HP finally slides south which would push heavier moisture further north. Looks like if you live between I40 and I20 things look promising for some form of a big winter storm at some point in the next 2 week timeframe.
 
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