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Pattern January 2021 - Joyless January

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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