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I'd think many/most would take the 12z evolution in a heartbeat. I know I would. Nice to see most bigguns coming around to more norther options. Not sure I'd call it a consensus yet, but its starting to look like one is forming, and the souther whiff appears a bit less likely.

But is it a good model......??? Well for today it sure is...

qpf ticked south tho. You know trends are what we need to watch for now....not perty (or not so) snow maps. Just one run, and CMC came north so I say no blood.

Sure can. IMO biggest takeaway is we are getting into a new pattern, and one we've not seen in a while. Might have to dust the books off as to how things can and do evolve w/ setups like this. We've grown so accustomed to shoehornin our way into snows, antecedent cold blah blah blah. Now we've got cold where we want it and just need to see where the vort pops and start looking at 500/700 maps to see where this puppy goes.

Yeah not a bad set of moves. As cold is often over modelled, it wouldnt surprise if we see a further adjustment north...... or is that the weenie in me coming out? Happy New Years to all.

cold press is legit and once established, you need to look at trough axis w/ each vort. Suppressed is surely an option, but when 3 op runs give 3 notably different solutions as to where the letter L is on said run, that means alot, and we just need time to see where the boundary sets up and go from there. Fortunately there are notable diff's from each model, so that tells us this is far from decided. Happy to see the reshuffle now being reshuffled to a funnr pattern. Happy and healthy New Years to all.

Great stuff as always Mag. Thanks for sharing. Looking forward to keeping an eye on this period.

yeah looks like all systems go and that 2025 may get us off to a good start. Op runs still doing their bouncin around a bit, but should lock in over next couple days and pattern stabilizes...me thinks. Low amp 8/1/2 while a muted signal, sure doesnt hurt with other tellies looking pretty perty.

Great weekend at cabin. Arrived Friday to 6” of snow to plow. Low key chill weekend. Left today at 840 am with 4” still otg and 37 deg. Once to wspt we hit the 40’s. saw about 2 min of sun here at home but it’s warm. Don’t worry blizz, hoping you won’t be alone on the limb soon enough. Looking forward to seeing how this evolves vs how modeled. Looks perty so far.

Amended for my rendition of perfect Christmas weather.

Sounds good by us... while MJO influence may be muted, its proven to be stoudt when it show bad, so now we just need the goodr look as it propogates thru 7 and into 8 to hold. NAO/AO looking great on 2 week progs. PNA workable. I'm actually ok w/ no pig ridge out west, as if and when? it rolls over, like it often does, conus floods w/ pac and not polar pac origin air. As shown above, I'd pull many chips outta pocket and push em forward. Hold my ass baby.

Starting to get a better feeling about first 1/2 of Jan. after that....dunno, but lets ride this train as long as we can (assuming it doesnt derail before it gets here...:)).

up at 3:15 to take daughter to philly intl for her flight back to Colorado. Snow started to fall on way home around downingtown. Bittersweet as she loves snow like I do, so a nice (but sad) ride. At least we got to see her for a couple days (although rather sick). It was and is gorgeous to see on Christmas Eve. Wishing all a very Merry Christmas and safe travels.

tellies are looking nice as we enter the new year. IF the look holds, i'd think we'd be trackin stuff a week from now. Biggest help is that the MJO is looking to go solidly into 8 and with NAO/AO and PNA looking pretty good, just may need a little patience....grasshoppers.

That'll do.... VERY nice stick burner. Hope the smoke was a good one.

do you have a thermal blanket for your smoker? I've got a Green Mtn pellet smoker that has the blanket. It's a big help in temp control and pellet usage in the cold months. check it out. https://www.bestproductguider.com/best-thermal-blanket-for-pellet-grill/ I've tried with and without, and yeah, over the long haul, worth the coins IMO. Mind you mine came w/ purchase off FB market, but I'd spend it knowing how it helps. Enjoy smoking the brisket. at least beers wont get warm :).

A great day for you. Enjoy!

same here. flurries have once again started at office.

Be careful, but enjoy every flake you see (on and off the field).

My parents/family are from St. Clair/Minersville areas (coal region) and most heated w/ coal. My dad did down here when I was a kid. it was good (but dirty) heat. I'm primary wood stove w/ catalytic and while the wood itself can be dirty in house, it burns clean in my Blaze King stove, and the heat is absolutely second to none. We hear it all the time when friends/fam come over. Hope yall enjoy whatever snow you get today, cause rumor has it tomorrows sun angle will nuke it (and it likely will down here). Norther/westers just icing on your white christmas cake. Lucky bas!ards.

flurries here in Etown while unloading sleigh full w/ coal (problem job) and replacing w/ goodies for afternoon run.

Despite the despair us SE'rs have been suffering through, many parts of central/northers/westers have had a handful of events that would make you and I borderline giddy. Snowcams to prove my very point. I'll let you go look for yourself, as the links have been posted by me a few 100 times over the years.

Had to do some cherrypicking, and Dubois usage is down 30%

Gonna say that the meso's are doing a splendid job of trolling snowhounds. If we can pull tomorrow off, I'll be happy to say that I was wrong and didnt see this being possible, as I expected a notably more norther solution wrt thermal boundary. verbatim, it gives many in ctp a legit chance of a white christmas (staying power of 1" dependant). Norther/westers look to be a lock for it. Congrats as usual. Sleigh loaded....reindeer are restless. Have a good one all.

I had no clue, but like you was wondering. Now im in the know.