Scarlet Pimpernel

They never are!!!

@H2O, bring back the MEMES!!!

It would be like the Hunger Games...winner gets all the snow!

Same here. I tend to lurk more unless there's something really interesting in terms of wintry weather or at least some possibility on the horizon. In general I try to keep a lighter or more humorous attitude in the face of endless fails, but I try not to go overboard on that (maybe sometimes too much banter-ish stuff in the main threads, I admit!). But I do also try to post relevant information in those threads as well. Don't like getting into the pie fights that have gone on.

Green'd!!!

Taking this run verbatim (I know, I know!!!), you can see that a front goes through prior to that wave moving in, with temperatures dropping through that event. So again, taking this as-is, yeah, there would be a good bit of fresh cold air around.

Right, very good point. And well, if we can keep that "look" going forward in time for that same period, there may be something to this.

Soooooo...no comments on the HH GFS around Feb. 1-2??? I know, I know...300+ hours out on an ops run. But it shows how something could work if cold air presses in and a wave cuts underneath. That will be gone I'm sure in the 00Z run, but fun to look at!

We need a "shit the blinds" emoji!

OK, I can't view the Euro weeklies but I'll assume that basically much of February according to them look awful. I honestly don't know what to make...or how much to really put stock into the weeklies. How many times have they looked good but then it's not in the end? So I guess grain of salt? Though I know some mets have been pretty down on February in general, so whatever. At this point with how things have gone I almost don't give a shit (no shits for the blinds, LOL!!!). If much of February is nothing or a blowtorch, I'll hope that maybe it can turn around late-month into March. That's happened before. So this is late February, heading into March. To continue my thoughts (such as they are!) from what I replied to @yoda above...could this be a sign of a very late winter "comeback" of sorts? I've had it in the back of my mind that we could well have crap most of the DJF period (we have so far, why change it?? LOL!!!), but have a very back-loaded winter in a way with a colder period late Feb into mid-March. I know a lot of people in here poo-poo March snows, but I don't mind them! We've had some good ones over the last several years. If we have almost nothing and it's getting later into February, and a good MECS type storm shows up for March, I'd take that! I mean, why not?? And who cares if it's March and it would disappear a lot quicker than if we got it now?

To be fair, there wasn't much life to support for the next week anyhow!

Haha! Though I thought this might work too... (ETA: Though maybe this should be altered to read "10+ Days Out Again...A Weenie's Tale, by PSU Hoffman")

I don't think a therapist is enough...

Oh I remember just how awful winter 2011-12 was! And almost nothing in 2012-13. We got skunked with white rain from an early March 2013 event when we expected a lot more. But we actually did get a decent amount early on Mar 25, 2013 (my birthday!) as some consolation.

No we don't! You are totally wrong about that, sir! We never argue in here and you can take that attitude and do something with it!

Messy clean-up! Better get new ones!

Because a primary in west-central Indiana is perfect for us, along with an exiting high to the east! But yeah...384 hours what are you going to do?

Yeah that could potentially be a very interesting look! But as you say, a 50/50 would be nice. Looking at the flow/shortwaves in Canada, north of that trough near Texas...is it possible they could carve out a quasi-confluent flow? One would wish, but alas, no. Too much to parse out this far in advance and too much going on in that flow to make any concrete determination now.

OK I'll be stupid here and ask, feeling a bit embarrassed...what is "OT"?

Why do you hate America?! Might have to revoke your Revolutionary War status and pay fealty to the British crown! (all in jest here, of course!)

Hey @yoda...as a LOTR fan yourself, I thought you would perhaps appreciate this. I've got the extended Bluray editions of the movies and have seen them at least a few times each over the years. Of course, I also had seen the theatrical releases when they came out. But this weekend I actually decided to watch them back-to-back-to-back! A veritable LOTR-athon! Not all in one night, but over like 3 nights. And I'm still amazed at how well filmed it is, all the little nuances, etc. I still pick up things that I hadn't noticed before (seems true of all good movies). Watching them in sequence gives a different effect and more continuity, too, while the previous movie is still fresh on your mind. Glad that Jackson decided to film it that way, without a long lag between each one. And it's hard to believe that Return of the King is now some 20 years old (that's the one I have left to watch tonight)!!

Inflation has put the affordability of those out of reach this winter, I'm afraid!