• Hello, please take a minute to check out our awesome content, contributed by the wonderful members of our community. We hope you'll add your own thoughts and opinions by making a free account!

Wintry December 23-26 2022 Winter Weather and Cold

Ugh I don’t wanna get sucked into something that’s only got pixie dust around it.. give me a full cycle today of good 500 vort looks and anyone other than the gfs showing something at the surface along with some more ensemble support .. and then I’ll raise an eyebrow
Yeah at this point the gfs is not to be trusted as it stayed on its island for far too long regarding the 23rd storm.
 
Yeah at this point the gfs is not to be trusted as it stayed on its island for far too long regarding the 23rd storm.
True but it had the 23rd storm off the coast and look where it ended up lol. It's still too early for my liking to see anything pop and start trending NW just yet
 
So looking at the 06z GFS 500mb vorticity maps, it looks to me that the piece of energy that is capable of spawning a low off the SE coast is separate from the other wave we've been watching. There is more separation and it originates from the Northern stream.

If at all possible, it would be nice for that energy to slow down and bundle with the Southern wave (more concisely) to start a low pressure system around Northern Florida before creeping up the coast.
 
Of note to go with my last post above, the 00z CMC also has the idea of dropping a substantial piece down also:

xx.PNG

With that said; I'd be looking for anything from the big models later today in the 26-28th time-frame.
 
MMFS was down yesterday or in “experimental mode” while I did some investigating into why it made mistakes similar to GFS (too far east) with the 23rd system, and made notes for the next upgrade.

Here’s the 00z snowfall map-
78D560E1-1462-4B71-9E51-05DFA60B07F9.jpeg

Obviously the 23rd threat has been gone for most of us for a couple of days now. The potential on 26th-27th may be enticing, but the first system needs to get out of the way so the second one can have some separation.
 
Back
Top