mitchnick

It was really a neat storm with probably one of the sharpest elevation cutoffs you're going to see.

All modeling really starting to kill the MJO wave vs prior forecasting. https://www.stormsurf.com/page2/links/mjo_phase.html

6z Eps got a touch warmer and snowfall line shifted north again. Trend needs to stop and start turning the other way.

Yep...and that's what worries me.

You can already see the ridge wanting to drift east at the end of the ensembles. Time will tell if and when it does because I would say it's inevitable any pattern breaks down. For that matter, both Euro and Cfs2 weeklies have the ridge moving east by the 15th. The only caveat is that the weeklies and seasonal models completely missed this cold period, so it's not out of question they screw it up again.

Sorta losing hope down here. 13/14 winter was the only winter I can remember going back through my mental records starting the winter of 72/73, that storms progged to hit, then modeled to come north, ended up coming back south. Iow, they almost always trend north and this one is no different so far. So unless we can pull a 13/14 winter miracle, it's looking like mainly a cold rain or yesterday redux imby. Obviously, weenie hope springs eternal, so I'll keep following it until the hopefully not bitter end, but odds ain't good right now imho.

18z Euro still has next week similar to 12z.

Gfs goes Blizzard at 294 hrs, but favoring eastern locations.

Funny thing is, although the Gem looked pretty good at 12z, as recently as the 0z Thursday run it showed a squashed whiff like the Ukie, Gfs and likely 18z Icon would show. Should have stayed the course instead of going dark.

Cmc as recently as Thursday's 0z showed nothing for Thanksgiving. May have been the first to be right only to go dark before maybe correcting again. Hope not.

12z Ukie had it squashed in a fast W'ly flow too and now the 18z Gfs and Icon (probably, looking at its 120 hr run) as well. Next up, 18z Euro.

Just a few "minor" adjustments to the Gfs over the last 3 runs. Lol

We can't shake the dry pattern.

Lol 18z Gfs joins the too cold squashed club. Ughh

Just checked Icon at 120 hrs and it's colder, but stops early this run. Maybe a nod to Ukie and AIEuro, idk. That 50/50 Low is growing into a monster, so maybe it is a crusher. We'll see.