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Me, of course. New thread started.

New thread, new mojo. I started one with success a couple of winters ago, can we repeat history?

I wouldn't have agreed with you if you said that 24 hours ago. Last night I had an employee event for the Barnstormers and it was nice sitting in the skybox looking out over the field. I'm getting that itch. But I still want snow!

Very respected poster on this entire forum (Don Sutherland) posted his updated thoughts for February this morning. His thoughts covered the entire general mid-Atlantic area. Among his thoughts are that we'll likely experience above to perhaps much above normal temperatures and below to perhaps much below normal snowfall. Those are his thoughts and they are for the entire month. This was posted in the NYC forum.

I'm stunned that you haven't seen the ongoing conversation between him and Hoffman. For it seems like weeks they've been debating snowfall averages, means, medians, bad winters, really bad winters, really really bad winters, etc. And Hoffman patiently keeps on engaging him. (most of this has been occurring in their banter thread)

daxx needs to take that revolutionary war reenactor dude with him...I think that guy is desperate...

Right now beggars can't be choosy...if I had the opportunity I'd be hitching a ride in Brian's trunk and enjoying every last little bit of "fake" snow I could.

That's what I'm seeing as well. Any LE next week for you with the cold front?

Do you see any chance with the southern stream staying beneath us in the 2/7 - 2/8 time frame?

That screams cold and dry...end of February blizzard as the pattern relaxes? I have a feeling that 75% of east coast weenies are dying a slow death of depression and giving up on this winter. Would not surprise me at all if we get shellacked as the season winds down...

Looks like whatever cool down we get mid to late week is temporary and we flip back to AN within a couple of days. You can almost follow the ridging in that graphic.

And CTP stated on Twitter this morning that today's low temp will be the coldest for at least the next 7 days.

It's telling that you'd post that on the night it was still an AN departure...normal low for today at MDT is 23.

Agreed...I think we should easily top 60 on at least one day. Euro has been steadfast for days now that the southern areas get up in the 64-66 range.

Only a 25 degree difference between International Falls and Tallahassee...that's crazy!

@daxx @Bubbler86@MAG5035 If we're rooting for the northern stream vort to deliver, do we want the southern stream to be squashed as much as possible? I'm trying to figure out how we can get the northern stream to develop/redevelop to it's maximum potential. I would think that if the southern vort is quicker/sheared/farther south, the northern stream could dig better?

I'm virtually tech illiterate. I found it in seconds by Googling "NWS State College Twitter" and scrolled down their twitter feed a bit until I found it. That's the best that I can do! (and I hope that helps!)

Keep in mind that at least some of that in part is due to a lack of "normal fluctuations" between our daily high/low. (Instead of having a "normal" split of say 37/20, we've had our share of days at 42/36 for example) Bottom line...we've had a few very warm days but we've also had MANY well above normal low temps.

This is from CTP from this past weekend. Really illustrates the lack of cold this month. 20 of the first 25 days in January were AN.

100% agree with this. Just because we're in a bad place doesn't mean we'll end there. Would not surprise me in the least to end the season with a "bang."

I haven't worn a coat since I was a kid living at home. I have a light jacket (windbreaker kind of deal) and a couple of sweatshirts. Right now we're (LNS) sitting in 7th place all-time for January warmth. As you and others have pointed out we've had very warm days in January and February in recent years and this year is no exception - what is standing out to me this winter is the complete lack of very cold nights. Without looking I'd say we've only had a few nights in the teens and probably none of them below 15. Lack of snow cover certainly plays a part in that...

Hold on that...I just checked with my cousin in Seattle. I think the most discouraging thing this morning is that we MIGHT be looking at a 7-10 day stretch of relatively dry weather.

How many days in a row can the sky look exactly the same as the day before?

That sort of matches the 12z Euro today.