I mean yes, of course the pattern looks to be very cold. But all these years of many many many 35 degree rainstorms has taught me to be wary until we are very close.
Crazy uncle UKIE with a much less suppressive look. Looping to 168 the precip is on a decent trajectory for us and the high pressure is closer to Montreal than overhead.
With a little supporting cast it seems, the time to piss and moan is when we get a rug pull at 72 hours, not when it looks pretty ripe a week to 10 days out.
This ensemble mean was absolutely high on drugs though earlier this winter, it was showing like 6 inches when it was clear we were getting nothing. Hopefully this time it’s onto something.
Whatever this shows exactly the potential for a major winter storm is there. Remember everyone, a 200 hour map will change a lot. As depicted this would be a major ice storm for us.