Ok, you made the earliest storm thread ever and it might happen. Please don't jinx yourself. You are sitting high beside the throne right now with @psuhoffmanin the king seat. Enjoy it. This may be your americanwx crowning/defining moment.
H5 is eerily similar. That was a massive storm....eta: the southern energy just escaped. We didn't have the same sort of blocking as next week to force out tpv or a lobe of it South either as projected. Similarities but also differences on the positive side as of this hour.
And ffs the AI isn't far off at all. Methinks ppl either have ptsd from being skipped over alot recently or have moved onto spring in the middle of Feb. Either is plain insanity. This is our best chance of a nicer storm the entire season.