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Pattern January 2021 - Joyless January

#NORTHTGEORGIAINFORMATIONIAMAGOOBERWEATHER says” look out for a possible winter storm in the SE the 17/18th! Y’all have been warned!
 
The ensembles have been nudging the pattern towards CAD in the 6-10 day range. Obviously CAD is very tenuous and can easily turn into severe w/ a few modest tweaks, but I wouldn't be shocked if we got one or more cold rain CADs prior to ~ Jan 24 or so, an ice storm is also possible in climo favored zones of VA & NC if we played our cards right (or wrong depending on how you look at it)
 
The trend and the longwave pattern is not that far off from a CAD on the EPS inside day 8. We'd just have to dig the western plains/rockies s/w a little more to the south and amp the s/w ridge over Ontario. Cold air & snow cover to our north looks pretty anemic in this time frame as things currently stand, so if CAD does materialize, I'd lean towards cold rain over ice.

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Pretty amazing that there are no temps warmer than 56 forecast for Atlanta the next 14 days. You don't get that every January.
Good post and good point. IF.. that verified, it would take us nearly through January without 56 in ATL. I would venture to say it has been quite a few Januaries since that happened.
 
Pretty amazing that there are no temps warmer than 56 forecast for Atlanta the next 14 days. You don't get that every January.

Add to the fact that my average high so far for the month as of yesterday was 49.4F Now on the flip side, the average low is only 36F, but I'm not complaining.
 
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