Well tbh, it's not that really great of a pattern. It's a really great block, but we need a cold air source, that is, if we're talking widespread wintry weather. I think most of the excitement is because we finally have blocking and because we are not torching. But we will still need cold air injected into the pattern at some point.. It's no surprise we aren't seeing fantasy snowstorms. I mean, I think we will. Honestly. But it's going to take a while.
What's CLT averaging a year 4-5? 18% of that isn't really moving the needle lol
Yeah I expect this is going to be a banner year for the mountains and eventually for the lower Mid-Atlantic. The SE as a whole should do pretty well also, provided that block hangs around for a good while. Indications are, at this point, it will.
I think the recent December 2017 and 2018 snowstorms have led to a recency bias that makes some perceive December as a snowier month than it actually is. Not all of the board even cashed in on either of those two.
Is this new? I thought you only look at snow maps.
It is. 1927, 1960, and 1980 all had 6+ inches at CLT. It’s funny because if you look at average number of days with snowfall then January is first, but there have been enough big dogs after 2/15 that there is a number of days in there that average more than January
You can say that again
Personally I want the cold no matter what happens in regards to snow simply because I enjoy the different seasons. I’ve been every bit as frustrated with our cool springtime as of late as I’ve been at 75-80 degrees in January and February. At least not torching during the winter delays the mosquitoes for a bit living where I do, I know I lot of peach and berry farmers that have struggled the last few years due to the very early blooming followed by the inevitable hard freeze
