Just my opinion but I hear this tune time and time again at this point in most if not all of our winters around here in the se all my life. That's the way we roll around here. I'm discouraged to. But it's where we live. We can talk about it most every year at this point. Sure things don't look good for cold and snow for us at the moment but I've seen a lot worse patterns going forward. After living here in the NC southern foothills my whole life for 40 years and getting at least a trace of some type of winter precip each year and in some of the worst winters around here that ive experienced 05-06 awful after Dec ice storm which why that winter as a whole wasn't a complete bust but we torched the rest of winter after and before the ice storm. 06-07 Feb dusting saved me, torch before and after. 11-12 worst year for me personally, a few sleet pellets and a couple of flakes, did have one day below freezing or it would of been worse, but it was the worst I've ever experienced if you like winter weather, a dream winter for you if you don't like winter. I don't know what the future holds the rest of this winter but I do know some of our best winter storms tend to sneak up on us just a few days in advance without any true cold air source available no matter what the pattern looks like down the road or whatever model your looking at right now whether it shows true cold air or not or looks not so good down the road. As for February, if we torch most if all of February as is typical with Feb la ninas with this la Nina pattern in it's 3rd year in a row all it's doing is setting us up for another cool to cold spring for the fourth spring in a row again. Wouldn't you guys that love warmth want at least a normal February so you want have to deal with cool temps through May again. Not saying we are going to have another below average spring again but if February is torch the writing is on the wall again. Just my 2 cents on my past experiences. Happy New Year to all.
