Winters got worse when Weatherbell upgradedFigured it out. It stopped snowing when we stopped posting the NWS model maps. Mag eval here I come!
Winters got worse when Weatherbell upgradedFigured it out. It stopped snowing when we stopped posting the NWS model maps. Mag eval here I come!
This is actually really true. IMO what we’ve had a few times over recent years is far-west based -NAO where the TPV never comes east towards northern New England and southeastern Canada. But in most of those cases, somewhere did get wintry weather to our west like Austin, TX or Nashville, TN this year. My RDU analog image I’ve shared a couple times shows what a true west-based -NAO traditionally looks like and how it evolves over a 5 day period preceding RDUs biggest snows. It’s no accident it’s so prominent. -EPO and +PNAs are great for dumping the cold in, but RDUs biggest snows have historically come with those west-based -NAOs. I’m not sure how or why this is debated, the analogs show it.I guess it depends in the definition of the -nao. Greenland ridge, AND the 50/50 low pv in the right place I would guess. We never have both but many times we call Greenland ridges -nao. Im not sure what a strong true -nao looks like honestly.
I did the same thing for a 4 day window last week. Ended up in the 40s to 50s and Sunny, but I did at least get to feel snow crunch under my feet when I drove up to Carvers. Still have my finger on the trigger for a day trip if I see a good Saturday in the short term. Been over two years now since I’ve seen snow fall from the sky.I’m such a snow degenerate I’m tracking a snowstorm for a two day window in the mountainsI keep trying to convince myself it’s going to snow somehow even though models are showing mid 50’s
I’m sick


-------------’s Winter Snow Forecast Map issued in November
Generally pretty good and would have been totally spot on if he had moved the below average to the escarpment line.
Overall a good forecast as he was clear in his video version that the piedmont of NC and Virginia would not do well with snow due to warmer ocean temps
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We just can't overcome a hostile pacific....we can overcome a terrible +NAO, Newfoundland ridge... but not the pacific.We never got the perfect jet ext, it was always the west coast. It’s suppose to be around Hawaii, Jan 2022 was perfect placement
Good ole Milton...my dad and I used to go fishing there at Avalon BeachI really miss the good ole days of getting multiple days with below freezing in the day time with frost all over. Seen a few good snows as well and this is where I was growing up in Milton Florida .
He nailed the 40+ areas and I guess technically he still has a chance in everything else?
It would probably be 2010 or 04 then
It'll be hilarious if everyone cancels winter and we eat one of those old days March bombsHe nailed the 40+ areas and I guess technically he still has a chance in everything else?![]()
Good lordI've always considered January 2011 as the last true, functioning west-based -NAO.
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Something that never really happened with these blocks is full retrogression to NW Canada, so the TPV never really went east, and when it did, it did so quick, it retrogrades this past jan but the pattern was super suppressive as the Atlantic jet extended, and at the tail end we was relying on northern stream
What's sad is I remember a lot of people talking like that regime was going to be our new normal for us with climate change and maybe a maunder minimum?I've always considered January 2011 as the last true, functioning west-based -NAO.
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That look don’t work like it’s used to. Back in the days, it was plump, fresh pattern, and didn’t sag to much. Now it’s all dried up and saggy and suppressed and doesn’t work in the year of 2024What's really annoying is Pam Anderson block we got a few weeks back over Southern Canada would have been perfect, but everything set up too far East! Can't win for losing.
Adds up bc that Jan 11’ storm was about as good as they get. Top 3 for meI've always considered January 2011 as the last true, functioning west-based -NAO.
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That was a true southern slider wasn’t it ? Perfect overrunning setup. Man that was a fun storm.
What other option is there next year lolEveryone wishing for a nina next year is gonna be mad when the southern stream sends piss ant wave after piss ant wave. Be careful what you wish for.
I’ll take my chancesEveryone wishing for a nina next year is gonna be mad when the southern stream sends piss ant wave after piss ant wave. Be careful what you wish for.
I’ll never be upset about an opportunity for a clipper to drop in and phase with a lil bitty southern wave. 2-4” would feel like a foot at this point. Bring on the NiñaWhat other option is there next year lol
Cold not on our side of the world!? I’ve never seen that beforeOne thing I don't agree with is the notion that 2m temp anomalies aren't useful in the extended. It was fairly clear that the core of the cold was going to dump in Asia. People who brought that up got mocked and LOL'd and there was a million likes, snowman on those mocking posts.
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Snowier winters in CLT recently have been Nina’s. That late dec/early jan transition if done right is money half of the time
i mean, true. i just have nightmares of past ninas where wave after wave after wave after wave just fizzle out. I still think out of all the options, I prefer a weak el nino. I also feel like we have more runway if an el nino appears. Anything more than a weak la nina and it's 60-70 degrees for weeks on end.What other option is there next year lol
Everyone wishing for a nina next year is gonna be mad when the southern stream sends piss ant wave after piss ant wave. Be careful what you wish for.
It’s time to come home, Brent3 years ago today... I think we spent all our winter that yearView attachment 146500
It’s time to come home, Brent
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The little clipper esque system continues to trend south, 1-2 event here on the Euro
Its still not been a great winter for them, little below average I would say. They're always going to do somewhat well every winter because upslope snow is so strong up there.I'm stinking going to snowshoe. They do nothing but win this year, and it's not far.