I was gravely disappointed in how it translated to the surface. At least there’s still a signal thereEuro is trying to nuke the forum hahaView attachment 180064

Wake up family, it’s time to rage.
Blocking returns!
Legit cold right there
Fantasy land still lol

I'll try to call JB today, but I think he said he'll be traveling today. So might have to wait till next week and see if it's still on the table.10000 year cold blast coming! Or just average! View attachment 180022
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I could see a couple of systems trying to get something going 1/6-1/10. After that the trough over Alaska retrogrades west and rising heights begin to build over the west coast as ridging builds over Canada during the transitional period.
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This straight up just looks like an El Niño pattern, except this time the cold air and snow is pretty well established beforehand instead of the usual step-down from a torch we often see from this pattern in those winters.
Ideally, you'd like to see the core of that low anomaly centered back SW a tad, but there is a lot to like about that map and the pattern in general as we move forward.View attachment 180071
I asked Grok (AI tool on X) to tell me what analogs matched the 500 mb pattern on the EPS around the 6th.
It gave me
• February 4-6th, 2010
• December 18th, 2009
• March 2018 as a whole
• January/February 2015 as a whole
I looked up February 4th-6th 2010 and December 18th-2009.
Just a fun little exercise. I may do this more often and see if anything comes of it.
I realized I didn’t say anything of value on this I just said: “I like snow”
I realized I didn’t say anything of value on this I just said: “I like snow”
So anyways, boy, when’s the last time any of us in the southeast outside of northern NC had any legitimate noise in the LR on the EPS? I feel like I’ve been looking at blank or barely gray graphs all winter.
IMO it’s too early to commit to a single time frame. We’ve got some ideas out there that may end up correct but we’ve still got some sifting through the dirt to find gold we need to get done. Like others I’m most intrigued in a general 1/6-12ish time frame. I wouldn’t be shocked at all if we have a storm thread (or two) by the time I get back from our family new years trip on 1/3
Yeah , but by then what phase willVery El Niño like pattern here mid-month with the pacific trough, -NAO, & strong subtropical jet stream.
Love what I’m seeing
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Things might not end up coming together, but a lot of the players that we look for in big east coast snowstorms look like they will be taking the field pretty soon. There are never any guarantees, but consider:
We have very cold air on our side of the globe. We may finally start to see aomw ridging out west. It looks like we're finally getting that elusive wintertime west -NAO, for more than a microsecond. And the STJ appears to be waking up. And it's occurring during peak climo.
All of this is unusual in winters of late. It's possible that it leads to nothing. But If any of us were presented with this opportunity before winter began, we would have asked where to sign.
Glory is waiting....
Yeah you need to do it lolI’m debating on whether or not I need to
leave out my now lucky “let it snow” Christmas ornaments out on the center piece in the living room. The wife is probably going to say something, but I’ll win this argument.
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Yeah you need to do it lol
There is no coherent MJO signatureYeah , but by then what phase will
Mjo be in. That’s a major player
Yes please. I’m in Forsyth county and correct me if I’m wrong but a good number of those ensembles look to throw down some snow hereThe potential system on the 1st is still of interest. There was a large uptick in 6z GEFS members with precip in the deep SE, along with the same LP on the CFS (a little too warm on the latter). Note also that the GFS OP shows a more robust shortwave.
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Yes, they do. Sadly, outside of the GFS and CFS, there is no other support. Let's see what happens in a few minutes. So far, ICON=nada.Yes please. I’m in Forsyth county and correct me if I’m wrong but a good number of those ensembles look to throw down some snow here