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-30C 850mb temps over TN with the 0C line over Miami. Haven’t seen many fantasy runs that cold ever really

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And the next frame puts 850mb's over Miami well below 0C. Iguana massacre coming?

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This is actually becoming a legit outcome like fro stated above. You shift the -NAO more west based, it shifts the storm track further south and builds in a slower and more wound up 50/50 that actually has legit arctic air to tape into. Ice storm potential is real with that look. Keep shifting the ridge axis further west allowing more digging and the storm track to stay further south and it can quickly turn into a snow fest for the 85 corridor and an ice fest for the 20 corridor
 
Haha, these are mid day temps for hr330. I wonder how Florida would handle their freeze warnings. And I wonder if there could be some Gulf Effect snow if a favorable wind direction setups.
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Looks like it would be close. That would be a great chase to see snow bands coming off the gulf north of Tampa.
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I remember that happening during the December 1989 cold snap. There was actually some light snow falling during a Buc’s home game
 
Once again I hope everyone can appreciate how cold some of these runs really are even if you toss the op euro aside. A 10-14 day period in the cold season averaging -6+ is probably a once per 10 or 25 year event by modern standards
 
What concerns me is if the extreme cold air comes to fruition and we do get get some good moisture, I could see suppression city becoming a problem. South Ga, South Al, southern Louisiana, and southern parts of S. Carolina could get walloped with a deep moisture storm. Extreme cold, dry air is always concerning for snow lovers in S.E. Tennessee.

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Valid Point. Could this amount of cold lead to suppression of a Storm?
Of course it could, but it’s way too early to even worry about that right now. Also if a euro like solution verified… we would have a longer than normal window to score after the arctic blast happens thanks to the ridiculously cold/dry airmass in place. In other words, the goal posts would be really wide for wintry weather with the next system.

The odds something *that* extreme verifies is very low though.
 
Here's something you don't see modeled every day. Moderation from cyclonic flow of the N. Atlantic and the STILL open waters of Hudson Bay into the Great Lakes region. The lake effect snows would be legendary.
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I wonder if the Great Lakes would freeze up pretty quick in a scenario like that and shut off the tap? Maybe not though with strong winds keeping the lake churned up?
 
If this were to verify and the oceans did indeed have snow for a period of time. Would this work as a cooling of the oceans? I mean these oceans are use to temps in the 60's this time of year. I would think this would have some effect on Hurricane season cooling.
 
Of course it could, but it’s way too early to even worry about that right now. Also if a euro like solution verified… we would have a longer than normal window to score after the arctic blast happens thanks to the ridiculously cold/dry airmass in place. In other words, the goal posts would be really wide for wintry weather with the next system.

The odds something *that* extreme verifies is very low though.
Yeah suppression is definitely the last thing I would be concerned with at this range. What the EURO showed at 0z is up there with December 1983 and January 1985 type cold, which tells you how rare it is how unlikely a solution like that is to verify
 
I wonder if the Great Lakes would freeze up pretty quick in a scenario like that and shut off the tap? Maybe not though with strong winds keeping the lake churned up?
Maybe Superior, but the coldest air is initially west of the Great Lakes then, after a few days of extreme cold, a 'warm front' approaches from the north, lol.

The crazy thing is Hudson Bay is still about half open going into January.
 
What concerns me is if the extreme cold air comes to fruition and we do get get some good moisture, I could see suppression city becoming a problem. South Ga, South Al, southern Louisiana, and southern parts of S. Carolina could get walloped with a deep moisture storm. Extreme cold, dry air is always concerning for snow lovers in S.E. Tennessee.

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Imo it's the concern you have to have in a cold enso year when you get these big blocking events but don't have the STJ to offset the overbearing cold and dry. That said the only real super suppressed run so far has been last nights euro even it was probably gearing up to make a run at something massive after the cold drop at the end. Just quickly going through the individual eps members from 0z there are multiple frames that have 985-1000mb lows scattered across the deep South, northern Gulf, and off of the SE coast
 
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