Well history says that many of us south of I-40 will see snow at some point during the winter. Keep in mind that KCLT has never gone snowless for an entire winter since records started being kept and has never gone more than two consecutive winters without receiving at least a 1” plus snowfall… we do put that to the test this year as KCLT has not had a 1”+ storm since ‘18-‘19. If we’re just talking snowfall chances then just based on history a lot areas between I-40 and I-20 are due or overdue for a major snowfall (4”plus), so sooner or later we’ll get the southern slider overrunning event that I’ve been waiting for the last few years. Finally keep in mind, an overall mild winter can still produce, even in the south. Ask snow lovers in Upstate SC and western NC how good ‘87-88 was or central NC folks about ‘99-00, or se NC and coastal SC people about ‘89-90. Those years would probably be remembered as great winters and will always be talked about because of the major and historical storms that those areas had in the given years, but each of those winters were overall above to well above average temperatures.
A Wilkesdud MS Paint ? Masterpiece
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The white represents a lowest winter temperature of 26 ,the lightest blue 24, next blue 22, 20 , then 18 and 16. Mild winter incoming .
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While I think you’re right that overall the winter will be above average, I think this year is gonna be much variable compared to last year. I think we will have at least couple or several true arctic shots to deal with, but on the flip side I think we will be getting some warm days out ahead of them. Not like last winter when our highs seemed to be within 2-3 degrees of average for 90 percent of the season. I’m basing this a lot on what I’m seeing in the source regions of NW Canada and Alaska… those spots are having their coolest summer since 2013… definitely nothing like the record warmth they’ve had the last couple summers. This should lead to a cold air to start building up in those areas much sooner than we’ve seen of late.
Those are done for good. Storms like Jan 1988 and Jan 2000 are gone for good south of the Ohio river. Our winters will be more like last year and the year before that. You will have to be above 5000 ft in the southeast to get more than 2-3 inches of snow from any 1 system.
Anything as long as it isn’t super extreme cold will be better than last winter . I mean anything , nothing kills the soul more than non stop 48-52 and rain . I definitely get the feeling it will be a variable winter , probably not cold but it won’t be boring or disappoint all of us , probably most of us , not all of us though.
Honestly I’ve just decided to ignore his posts that go like that. They’re not based on anything other than frustration.
