John1122
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Kooky gulf coast snows have been a thing the past few years. I live in an area that sees around 20 inches on average and have been outsnowed by places in South Texas and Louisiana a few times in the last several winters.
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Pattern January 2020 - Operation Thaw Alaska
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Brent
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Yeah don't get me started on that ?
I mean don’t get me wrong, it’s nice to finally see some high pressure dominating the CONUS out in the long range but I’m still pretty turned off by how progressive everything is and not to mention the giant east coast ridge that refuses to budge on the OP’s..Jan 20’th’ish is too early.. this will take at least the rest of January to get out of imo
As much as I want that to happen, there is no ensemble support from the gefs, snow mean looks very mehI dont care what anyone says, I'm all in on this one. Gfs has been consistent with this. Plus this storm starts little over 200 hours
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#ThisAintIt
Yeah with this look a winter storm ain’t happening unless theres somehow a CAD, that’s just ugly
Have to remember these are two different models the old Gfs ensembles and the new Gfs operational .. the gfsv3 DID gEt ThE dEcEmBeR storm right ?
Problem is, with that look at h5 you aren’t getting a HP in position for CAD, either.
Yeah, maybe a Hp near Atlantic Canada with that look, lol
John1122
Member
Heights can be deceiving at times. The column can actually be warmer relative to normal higher up in the atmosphere with dense cold slipping underneath.
Look at the above average 500mb heights around Atlanta at 264 and see that the surface temp is 10+ c and the temp at 500 is around -10c, but you look at the above average heights at 500mb over South Texas under where frozen is showing up and the surface is around -1 to -2 c and the 500mb temp is around -9 to -10c.
Look at the above average 500mb heights around Atlanta at 264 and see that the surface temp is 10+ c and the temp at 500 is around -10c, but you look at the above average heights at 500mb over South Texas under where frozen is showing up and the surface is around -1 to -2 c and the 500mb temp is around -9 to -10c.
John1122
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Possible reason for this, the GFS snow maps there are showing freezing rain/sleet as snow. The GEFS map may only be showing snowfall. If you look at the soundings under all that snow they are all freezing rain/sleet soundings with surface temps in some of those locations in South Texas in the 20s with 850s well above freezing.
Ilovesnow28
Member
I don't know what to say it pretty much snow north east South and west of me regardless if this happens or notI dont care what anyone says, I'm all in on this one. Gfs has been consistent with this. Plus this storm starts little over 200 hours
The GEFS doesn’t even really support any type of wintry precip around the gulf coast like the GFS is showing around that time, almost all members show rain, ofc it could always change
Brent
Member
Ouch really calls it into question
I mean it's the GFS anyway so it should always be questioned lol
Euro is back to reality as well. Pacific Ocean is a monster.
RollTide18
Member
Seems like the theme this winter is 1 step forward and 20 steps back.
Lol it sucks to suck 
I'm ready for baseball season.. 
Edit: sign Donaldson already, somebody. Based on his career path, he deserves every frickin' penny.
Edit: sign Donaldson already, somebody. Based on his career path, he deserves every frickin' penny.
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Do we need another thread? We already have one for January. Don't turn this into the other weather forum. Don't need a thread every time it gets warm, cold a drizzle or wind blows. Used to be a thread was made for storms only besides general weather.