Pattern Dazzling December

[Rain Cold]

Well, no matter what happens tonight, I think we can safely say that it has been one of the most satisfying days of model-watching in a long, long time top to bottom. It's what we wait all year for, and it's good to enjoy the moment.

 

[JHS]

I said I wanted a cold Christmas this year. I didn’t know God took me that serious. GFS has a warm and toasty 18 degrees for a high here on Christmas.

After a low of around 7 it looks like. It shows me at 9 at 7am that morning.

 

[JHS]

I just loved reading the discussions from GSP that evening as it was approaching. They had started out by forecasting 1-2” for CLT during the afternoon update, but you could tell by mid-evening when they were updating every hour, they knew that was gonna bust big time. It had just started snowing when I went to bed about midnight and then the next thing I remember was getting woke up about 4:30am to a loud clap of thunder and knew even before I looked outside I was gonna like what I saw

That storm just barely got to where I am. We only got around 3 inches, while places just east and north got MUCH more. Lockhart, here in Union county about 20 miles from me had around 10 out of it.

 

[Chazwin]

That storm just barely got to where I am. We only got around 3 inches, while places just east and north got MUCH more. Lockhart, here in Union county about 20 miles from me had around 10 out of it.

Yeah even in the CLT metro area the accumulations varied greatly… the airport ended up with about 9 inches while east of town 3-6 was common. Lincoln and Gaston counties were jackpot area with 12-15. Really interesting note on that was that 9” at KCLT only had a liquid equivalent of .19”… an amazing 40:1 ratio

 

[Usmeagle2005]

I’ll take it! Except for the dry part.?

 

[Stevo24]

I’ll take it! Except for the dry part.?

Near normal around here. I feel like it’s constantly raining in December so if that’s normal we’re in business.

 

[Bama1980]

I’ll take it! Except for the dry part.?

At this point, I’ll take the dry part. We’re pushing almost 9 inches for the month! Our yard is a swamp and I’m tired of drying the dogs off all day

 

[Usmeagle2005]

At this point, I’ll take the dry part. We’re pushing almost 9 inches for the month! Our yard is a swamp and I’m tired of drying the dogs off all day

I much rather have cold and dry trust me, rather than warm and wet, I just want a slim chance of just a dusting to whiten the ground but if cold and dry it is, I’m happy.

 

[griteater]

Recent CPC Analogs have been banging the dates around Dec 10, 1958 quite a bit. There were 2 winter storms just after that date

 

[Myfrotho704_]

 

[Myfrotho704_]

Dang that’s close

 

[Tarheel1]

Y’all about to get some clipper love on the icon!

 

[NickyBGuarantee]

Dang that’s close View attachment 126456

It’s going for strong clipper .. how this set up has really changed today .. if we can tweak this..

 

[NickyBGuarantee]

Look how clogged up we are in the NE … late bloomers certainly in the cards this could spin up quick

 

[CaryWx]

Figured we have to have one with this push

 

[SimeonNC]

The Greenland blocking seems stronger than the 18z early on this run.

 

[SimeonNC]

 

[Jimmy Hypocracy]

This run is already noticeably colder up around the border

 

[Myfrotho704_]

Here it comes sliding down the playground

 

[Wild Weather Monger]

That's some amazing cold temperatures across the northern tier, and much of the CONUS given the zonal flow across the US at this time period. Something sneaky is bound to slide along the southern periphery, no?