I think the most depressing part of this winter has less to do with the lack of physical storms themselves and more to do with the lack of being able to geek out, track storms, losing sleep for model runs, and watching these threads blow up. Such a deflating season, because most of this board disappears until November. I just hate that the odds of tracking something fun are so low at this point.
I’ll get roasted for saying this - and that’s fine, but I wish we’d get at least a minor drought. WNC is becoming Seattle south. We can’t string together more than 2 dry days a week and when it rains, it rains 2+ inches every time. My yard is muck.
Honestly, if we have zero chances of scoring a good storm through mid Feb, I’m ready for it to be 70 each day. Top off the Jeep, golf, fishing, grilling. Low 50s and the deluge of rain is getting so old.
2/1 still has potential per 12z GFS. The track is way too far inland, but there is a high in the Maine area and a robust storm cutting across the SE. On the bright side, the storm doesn't cut west of the Apps, which is a change of pace already.
To be honest it seems like an average/seasonal temp pattern with storm opportunities. That produces way more often than when an Arctic outbreak occurs. I’m right there with you.
It’s wild how imby it seems like it’s rained every week (twice a week most times), for the past year with multiple hydro events and yet the one week we get substantial cold is when we get a break from the moisture. Awesome.
Last December’s storm dropped 16 inches of snow imby, and I joked with everyone that it was enough snow in one storm to account form two winters. Mother Nature must’ve thought so too
x2. It looks cold and it looks active. It wouldn't take a lot to turn a 35 degree rain storm into snow in the medium range from here on out and I still think we get a big dog somewhere along the way.
This is the fastest I’ve seen clouds move over my head in a non-tropical related system. Coupled with the fact that it feels like late April, I’m thinking this will be an entertaining night.
Wind is ripping down here today. It feels like an April afternoon. Growing sorta concerned with the straight line wind potential this evening. It seems like there will be plenty of energy to work with in our area.