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Quite the meh evolution.

Euro less amped and south from 12z.

Quite a difference at h5 with the GEFS vs the GFS for the 12th.

Wow, that's some cold modeled for the 15th out in Iowa for the caucuses. They will be below zero all day, with a low by the next morning in western Iowa reaching -33°F, while BOS bathes at 36°F.

Baby steps north before the ENE turn is all we ask.

Yeah, but the Euro on the 7th has a consolation prize for him.

Hopefully we will get some agreement among the op models going forward. The Euro was the biggest deviator from 0z to 12z. They all have different ideas on what that high to our north is going to do.

We saw the first signs of trouble on the 18z GEFS last night when that high to the north strengthened and started pressing more to the south.

The GEFS gives some hope for the 10th vs the 18z run.

Happy New Year all!

Most of that NNE snow comes from storms following the 7th.

On the 7th storm, the high to our north was stronger and pushing down, so not a good sign. A whiff/meh is still on the table.

SST in Boston as of yesterday was 46.6°F, which is a little warmer than even last year on Dec 30.

Just as long as I'm one of those someones.

Many of us in ENE, the Cape, and the South Coast region would prefer the GFS version at the same time frame:

Lots of anger in here today. You think it would be resulting from the haves and the have nots, but we're all in the have nots category. Mets fighting each other. You hate to see it.

Even a couple of inches would be a nice birthday present.

Can't get away from the fact that 3 of the last 6 years to date have sucked. That's what stood out to me in that chart.

I'll always treasure my in-studio visit as a young boy with Don Kent. After I had written a letter to him, I was invited to sit in on a live noon broadcast with him and Jack Chase. My mother took me to the WBZ studio as I was about 12 then, and not having a car we took public transportation to get there. As it turns out it was a snowy day, lol. He was very gracious and took me into his office after the show for a little conversation, telling me to study hard to get into one of the few colleges that had meteorology programs back then. As life would have it, I ended up taking a different route. For not having a degree in meteorology, he knew his stuff. The AMS agreed, as he was made a member.

The operative watchwords are "Flood Warning".

LOL. Complete lack of cold weather on the 0z GFS. Average daily of 8F AN for the period in BOS.

Yeah, I enjoyed it, too.

It's like watching Groundhog Day. There's only so many times you can watch that movie.

As we have seen this month, "flood warnings" are in and "winter storm warnings" are out. Let's turn that around next month. At this point I'll even take a WSW that flops into a 2-3" meh just to see some snow on the ground. Raking twigs and leaves today from last week's storm was no fun. Never have I raked like this in late December. Just a few inches of snow would have hid all that crap, at least until the next rainer.

That has a better chance of verifying than this from 0z: