NorthHillsWx

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!

From snow to severe weather. Take your pick of model this afternoon, they got a little bit of everything for the 23rd. GEFS looks great. Will be interesting to see EPS

1.51” today shoots the monthly total to 2.11”. Only made it to 46.4 as wedge held in all day

Before the 12z dream scenario no one on here would have complained with that run

Canadian still had the system and it wasn’t too far off.

Haha this: Pattern has potential. Models all over the place. Nice to be under a deform band for 12+ hours with 20” of digital snow on a model run though!!!

Run for the ages. Big snow, white Christmas, brutal cold, another big snow, more cold… Unlike previous 4 years we actually have a pattern to support this

Happy hour GFS is cold cold

It’s a known model bias for the EURO to over amplify systems in the SW at range especially in Niña patterns. It is at odds with its ensembles which usually means you will see a lot of run to run variance and that will s what we’ve seen with the model. If the EPS pushes a western trough down into the 4 corners region the way the op does then I’ll be more concerned but it doesn’t and looks much more similar to the GEFS at range. Maybe the op caught onto something and the ensemble package moves towards the op but having the GEFS and EPS in relative alignment on the pattern evolution is usually a good sign if things to come on the ops as we get closer