NorthHillsWx

March will save us this winter

I got weenied for saying this period (11th-on) looked interesting a few days ago. Now we’ve got a whole page devoted to it. I’m calling this a win already!

18z GFS looks downright interesting

Euro has an absolute bomb on the 11th. It’s still offshore and cold air is limited but I haven’t 100% given up on this timeframe.

18z has lots of potential from the 11th-on

February will save us…

Still intrigued by the 7-10th timeframe. Cold air seems marginal but it’s one of those setups we’ve cashed in on with a lead wave followed by coastal development on the stalled boundary behind it while cooler air seeps in. By no means a slam duck but these are ones that tend to be less likely to cut and usually won’t be sampled well until we get closer so there being a signal across guidance is encouraging

I actually like this timeframe. Persistent troughiness in east. Seems like cold air source would be from NE which usually works better than MW for us. Kind of an overrunning pattern. Just need good HP

Honestly, get the PAC right and I’ll take my chances with the NAO. We all know that our winter weather chances are dominated by the Pacific.

23.8 here this morning. First morning since Friday we didn’t end up in the teens. Lows for the cold snap: 9.6, 19.4, 15.1, 23.8. Definitely been an impressive cold snap for there being no snowcover anywhere near us. Feels very wasted especially knowing it will take more than a week to reload

19.4 was our low this morning. Surprised it wasn’t lower, seemed destined for another low-10’s after our high of 29

Yea, just need to burn through 3 weeks of winter to get there

Long range is… depressing

We cracked single digits. 9.6 and still falling

I think there will be widespread single digits tonight. We’re down below 23 and falling steadily. Absolutely wild weather day

While I will say it seems likely we end up with a below-well below normal temp for December, our inability to capitalize on otherwise promising patterns has rendered long range forecasts and teleconnections almost useless to me for trying to predict winter weather. It’s a tough pill to swallow seeing the temps coming the next few days and not having any storm systems remotely close to even track. I’m not done with this winter yet, I am liking all the early cold, but at some point we’re going to have to do something on the winter weather front. Outside of one moderate system last year and a snow-rain system in early December 2018, it’s been completely dead here on the snow front.

That’s one of the nastier couplets I’ve seen over the ocean. That’s gotta be a legit tornado. May go near Ocracoke, need to watch it

Picked up more rain that I thought we would today. 1.44” so far with maybe a few showers to go. Creek by the house is ripping. Current temp of 55.9 was our high this morning. Temp has quickly fallen to 43.5

29.2 for the low this morning. Only sitting at 34.9 here at 10:40. Wish we had moisture

Yea, 850’s in Ontario. What could go wrong?? Cold air is completely routed out by the time this system shows up. Maybe some ice/sleet but does not look favorable for snow

I’m at the bottom of the cliff. See y’all in the spring.

End of GFS is quite a strong SER. I have a feeling it’s this week or we have to punt we’ll into January for winter weather chances

Anyone checked out the NAM for the system on the 20th…

Should just always go by this forecast in La Niña years

South Carolina beat Tennessee and Clemson this year Bigger upsets have happened!