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Pattern January 2020 - Operation Thaw Alaska

Seems clear what our storm threats are ... first one is in about 160+ hours which seems suppressed at this juncture .. all Gefs ensembles now have suppression for that storm (which honestly I love to be at at this point in time) (*although a good bit have a weird clipper type of snow for areas in north Carolina and south Carolina which will be interesting to track*) threat #2 is at about 250+ hours out which looks to be some sort of phased system between northern and souther branch .. where they phase can’t be determined until we fully get through storm number 1 ... we look to then get another storm #3 with another large injection of cold air 360+ hours out ... all in all we are going to be very busy for the time being

Plus with the euro showing a cold first week of February .. we can finally say with some confidence we’re going to have storms to track even after all this time period .. cheers to a backloaded winter
 
for anyone tracking the storm in the 160-180 range this is what we need to happen.
Currently our western ridge is just too far east. That forces our storm and trough to be too far east as well and ends up OTS.

Red is obviously the current euro solution. But we need more of a blue solution too occur. Then the timing of the negative tilt will determine more. But we HAVE to see this whole pattern come west. We have plenty of time and rule number 1 is never be in the bullseye this far out.

You can see we really are close to something special. Give it a few more days and see what we have by Thursday.
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Fountainguy97 said:
for anyone tracking the storm in the 160-180 range this is what we need to happen.
Currently our western ridge is just too far east. That forces our storm and trough to be too far east as well and ends up OTS.

Red is obviously the current euro solution. But we need more of a blue solution too occur. Then the timing of the negative tilt will determine more. But we HAVE to see this whole pattern come west. We have plenty of time and rule number 1 is never be in the bullseye this far out.

You can see we really are close to something special. Give it a few more days and see what we have by Thursday.
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Good visual there. Euro also moves the trough east too rapidly, so we need the trough to be both west and/or slower which would tilt the trough more negative.
 
It's pretty amazing how close the ensemble means are with the 500mb setup and cold temperatures in the longer range. They pretty much have the SE going below average with the temperatures and staying that way through the end of the run, with even colder anomalies at the end of the period. Trying to determine the outcome of of any winter weather threats right now is not advisable. The models are not going to be able to get the northern stream energy correct. If you look at the operational 500mb maps, they are all over the place.

The moral of the story is:

-The temperatures are going below normal for the 6-16 day period, with all indications this will continue into at least the following week.
-The moisture feed looks to continue even though it may be shunted very far south for a period if current modeling is correct (giving the Deep South a chance at winter weather), but it's been known to correct north as the lead time closes in.
-The 500mb pattern for winter weather looks to improve and possibly become stable for a considerable period of time, even going into February.
-This doesn't appear to be a transitory 4-5 day window of opportunity. There are definitely a couple of chances for winter weather in the SE over the next 16 days, but this doesn't appear to be the end of the opportunities. At least early February could offer more chances. Par for the course has been precip chances every 5 days or so. Take it one system at a time.

Winter is coming, and could stay a while. It won't snow in everyone's back yard, but this kind of look is what we've been wanting and waiting for. We didn't get it last winter. Enjoy the journey!
 
Snippet from James Spank this morning....
NEXT WEEK: The weather will be considerably colder thanks to a pattern change. Monday and Tuesday will be sunny and cold with highs only in the 30s and 40s and lows in the 20s… some of the normally colder spots over North Alabama could easily drop into the teens. For now most of the week looks dry; some could be a few showers toward the end of the week.
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Ilovesnow28 said:
Snippet from James Spank this morning....
NEXT WEEK: The weather will be considerably colder thanks to a pattern change. Monday and Tuesday will be sunny and cold with highs only in the 30s and 40s and lows in the 20s… some of the normally colder spots over North Alabama could easily drop into the teens. For now most of the week looks dry; some could be a few showers toward the end of the week.
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Talk about a complete 180. I checked my area and it seems on the 21st we stay below 30 all day from what I can tell.
 
Next week we leave the shutout pattern. However if I'm looking at the models and hoping/wishing I'm really liking what Kylo posted in regard to the CFS. The long range GEFS and GEPS seem to agree with that general thought toward the very end of January. What looks so good to me is the TPV and the coldest air on the planet looks to migrate to our side of the globe, toward SE Canada. With a western ridge, that cold spills right in to the eastern US.

Just hope it verifies cause it's way out there. Just keep waiting I guess.


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