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In my short lifetime, Feb/March 2015 is also an epic period that completely slashed the narrative of that winter. 2 warning level events, a bunch of great WWA level events, and of course 3"+/hr rates for 30 minutes in that absurd Valentine's day snow squall. The first time 5th grade me had gotten back into following weather after being sad over March 6 2013 (surprisingly I have 0 recollection of 13/14, unfortunately), but yeah that was also an epic stretch.

Impressive precip signal for the PSU v2 storm, especially for 12 days out

Big cluster of lps that take it through the great lakes, still a cluster of weaker waves that take the lp near our latitude though, but it's certainly not the favored camp.

Perhaps 17-18 is more fitting, given how scorched North America was in February

Who are you and what did you do with Ji!???

I will say, the 0z EPS centered the snow mean basically identically to that 12z Euro run. Makes sense given that the window looks wayy more favorable for points North

Seems like the faster the storm ejects out of the SW, the less of a chance there is for the SE ridge to pump up heights ahead of the storm? At least that's what it seems like given that solution compared to the GFS cutting. Hoping blocking can pull through, but as that Eric Webb tweet I posted earlier, that seems to be fleeting a bit

If there's one thing we're good at, it's front end thumps

Since we're on the topic of snowless periods.. how does the early 14/15 winter pattern compare to what we're going through right now? Obviously the pattern we're in has for sure been serviceable, but I'm mainly contrasting that winter and this one because it seems like Feb '15 essentially flipped a switch after a super dormant period with not much domestic cold. I know that was a PAC based shift, but before that from late Nov to late January (outside of the fluke warning level clipper), it was basically a snowless pattern for 60 days, going all the way into what would be the peak climo of late January. What went into that big shift?

Posting this for reference to check in 5 days, but the GEFS keeps muting any cold within day 10. Makes sense right now given no EPO and a fight between the western trough and the -NAO, but here, given that we'll have the EPO to help bleed the cold in, if this look gets muted and warms us up DESPITE some PAC help.. then yeah we're probably screwed. Also a check to see if the progression keeps getting delayed..

Putting on my Weather Will cap but.. PSU v2 storm looks ripe on the snow mean.. as good of a signal as you can get this far out As for the 21/22 threat.. this isn't actually a disappointing mean. We're south of the center of the mean and the 850s are borderline, but we have blocking on our side at the very least. Glad we're dealing with a signal rather than a flicker so to speak.

The high should hold right? Thats why we pay big bucks for blocking Primary goes into Wisconsin and there's still blue over our area, so probably lol

Para GFS does the same split that big brother GFS does, meanwhile the ICON has a progression similar to the Euro.

DT's take on the GEFS earlier today. Interesting seeing the EPS flip-flop with the GEFS as being the coolest/most wintry ensemble now as well.

Here's the ensemble 850 temps during the peak of precip (198hrs) Seems pretty darn borderline, however, here is the same panel at 0z Even with the SER flexing itself ahead of time, the 850s still are manageable. Surface temps aren't the best, but it's still not a bad place to be this far out. This seems like a characteristic of overrunning, no? Borderline 850s and a thump of moisture. Certainly beats looking at a South Carolina bullseye at this length out, at least imo.

Somehow despite the ridging being extra prevalent through hrs 200-280, the 12z GEFS actually looks on par if not a tiny bit better at hr 288 when compared to 6z. Curious as to if a few outliers are pumping up that ridge during that day 10 time. I'd imagine they're doing what the op GFS did from 18z through 6z and are just losing the -EPO?

Control concurs with a decent event. EPS seems to take the snow mean to the north of us, but that's to be expected at this point. With the block we're def in the game, hope that look holds.

Para GFS is super close to a great solution for us.. more expansive cold as well as a larger snow shield, just a bit too North.

Seems like the EPS Control followed this line of thinking.. although it cuts the primary into Indiana lol. FWIW still a healthy signal during that time on the main ensemble. .

EPS looks practically identical to the GEFS through around day 12 (some minor differences from days 7-10). Quite the model agreement there, wow.

The discussion about how that storm would've panned out if it had happened a month prior is quite interesting. I remember the DC area wasted most of the WAA precip as rain, then a fair bit more precip during the day of the 21st when rates lightened up near noon. A redux during the prime of winter would certainly make many here happy.

The axis of cold air intrusion looks rather similar to the 1959-60/2005-06 composite GIF that HM posted on his twitter a few days ago Both post-SSW, both similar Ninas (at least 05-06 and this year, that is).. You can see the similarities to the airmasses below. I see what you did there though

For those who wanted a truly cold airmass, here you go.. quite the signal for cold across North America this far out

I feel like out of any time, we'd need this the most now. Make yourselves comfortable, and perhaps we can go 3 for 3? Keep the good mojo inside the building at all times, please.