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Don't think I've ever seen this much drought throughout the entire country. Where the hell have all the weather systems gone?

picked up .01 from that mist.

Morning low of 21°. November has certainly featured some chilly mornings.

Yes that's definitely occurring. Hopefully we can get the PDO to return to a more neutral if not slightly positive state in the long term.

Looks like a little warmer than average as we head into the last week of November. Storm track remains through the Great Lakes. So the warm ups will be a bit more impressive than the cool downs which follow. But nothing too extreme in terms of temperatures and storms.

Min 20.9°

That post had nothing at all to do with the tropospheric MJO. It was the stratosphere only, which Simon Lee believes (in his professional opinion) resembles 96-97. But with regard to the MJO, we won’t know for certain that the MJO actually goes strongly into phase 8 until it happens, it’s simply a computer generated projection right now

Simon is highly credible with deep expertise. He doesn't make outlandish statements for clicks or subscriptions. He has done important research. I am aware of his concerns and take them seriously. With regard to the upcoming SSWE, I have outlined what is my current baseline thinking. Overall, I have three general scenarios: Scenario 1: Great Lakes Focused Cold, East Gets a Window (EPO-/AO-/PNA-) -- My Baseline Scenario 2: Colder/Blockier; Classic Eastern Winter Period (EPO-/AO-/PNA+) Scenario 3: Delayed or Short Impact/Persistent SE Ridge; Cold Underperforms in the East; reduced snow opportunities in the Mid-Atlantic Region (EPO-/AO+/PNA-) Under my current baseline, cold would first move into the Great Lakes Region and then spread farther east (except for the Southeast; the cold will be fleeting there). The late November cold shot is unrelated to the stratospheric event. Should the forecast AO- break down relatively quickly, the odds of Scenario 3 would increase. Given guidance skill (lack thereof) at long timeframes, I am sticking with the baseline until there is credible evidence it is going off track. Interestingly, during Winter 1996-1997, January was the coldest month relative to normal for such cities as Detroit and New York. That outcome was suggested by my final winter analog set.

This isnt 1996/1997 Strong into P8 Dont expect a strong PV

Yeah, we've noticed the muting of torches as they get closer in time. I think it is because the Pacific is improving. We just need the Atlantic to cooperate with timing.

My man, the sage voice of reason.

It has now been misting here for 14 straight hours Sent from my SM-G970U1 using Tapatalk

It’s coming…

To be clear, I'm not debbing on this winter. We have several favorable factors working in our favor thus far, and as @WxUSAF has noted these torches advertised in the medium to long range have been muted as we close on the date.

Looks like EF4 type damage with cinder block construction torn down. This area was in the "weaker" western eyewall. At a similar altitude to where that 250 mph wind gust was measured

Models really struggle with the December forecast progression of the pattern in late November. That’s why I would like to see everything play out over the next few weeks before getting too excited this early. Let’s see what the Euro monthly comes up with on the December 5th release. There is a bit of a late November forecast barrier for getting the mid into late December patterns correct. Since we can go back to most years at this time in the long range forecasts and watch numerous changes as the calendar actually gets into the first 5 days or so of December. Plus we have the backdrop of only 3 Decembers in the last 14 years that lead to major I-95 snowstorms since 2011. So December has faced some challenges for the snowfall after having 7 out of 11 snowy years between 2000 and 2010.

You guys need to relax. Look at euro ensembles by day 15. Even a cold Dec 1-5 is still probably cold rain. Just be patient

21 for the low, hvy frost...Happy Friday.

The advertised better pattern looks to be on track beginning around December 5th on the 0z EPS & 0z GEFS.

The advertised better pattern looks to be on track beginning around December 5th on the 0z EPS & 0z GEFS.

I've done a few of these at Penn State road games. Met some amazing people tailgating, especially in Madison Wisconsin Sent from my SM-G970U1 using Tapatalk

I can see that just based on the snowfall prediction contest thread. The early SSW doesn't really change my prediction for this winter much, if at all. If it does come to fruition, it may give us a front-loaded winter with a backend torch. If not, another SSWE may try again later given the neg QBO and given the shorter lag, we may see another 2-3 week window of opportunity in Jan or Feb. Getting both seems a little too much to ask for, imho.

Haha, I wish I could bet money on this Sent from my SM-G970U1 using Tapatalk

While I hope to be wrong, I agree. We're investing a lot of hope in an early SSWE and the past 10 years have largely been putrid for snow lovers in this subforum.

Midnight low of 27, 35 currently.