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Thanksgiving week transient cold shot and the pattern beyond


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You may be in a good spot on this next one..

well i might get a couple few inches of sloppy snow.

maybe a bit more to my south in N VT and especially more in N maine.

it would be nice to see some snow finally as we are pushing record values.....but if its going to melt a couple days later and i'm more of a snowpack guy......though i guess it will be good to be 'off the shnide (sp?)' as they say.

but i'm more interested in the longer term pattern. to be honest, the fact that we haven't seen any snow here is very strange, but the fact that we have no snow on the ground currently isn't unusual.

there is a well-regarded cut-off date here. its right around december 10th, should have a snowpack (and hence winter) on the ground by that date, or have a snowstorm forecast that occurs. if not, its going to be a bad december.

the last 3 years have been prime examples for that cuttoff date as a start to snowpack season.

2010....december 7

2009....december 9

2008....december 10

all turned out to be solid decembers (2-4 feet of snow). there are many more examples of this date going back in time. so its common to waste the first week of december and still have winter come in with a vengeance.

then you have the winters where there was no snow on the ground december 10 or no snow forecast, like 2006, 2002, 2001. all turned out to be terrible decembers here (approx <1 foot snow)

so around december 5th or so is when i will start to get more worried if we don't see any pattern change on the horizon (ie in 7 days or so from then).

looking over theses stats also reminds me why i need to spend more time an hour and a half to my west in ottawa :lol: ....although they havent see any snow, not even a T, yet either this season which is shocking.

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Wow... just read the thread from last night til this morning... was absolutely LOLing at kevin's posts.

Kevin just 4 days ago lol

"I have to say..I am putting little stock in the Euro weeklies/monthlies, yearlies, decadlies..whatever...they were pretty bad last winter and so far have proved even worse this autumn. it wasn't long ago when they showed a cold ,promising pattern setting up for Thanksgiving week and beyond..I used to think they were decent..but in reality they're not"

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Wow... just read the thread from last night til this morning... was absolutely LOLing at kevin's posts.

Kevin just 4 days ago lol

"I have to say..I am putting little stock in the Euro weeklies/monthlies, yearlies, decadlies..whatever...they were pretty bad last winter and so far have proved even worse this autumn. it wasn't long ago when they showed a cold ,promising pattern setting up for Thanksgiving week and beyond..I used to think they were decent..but in reality they're not"

This is why I put more stock in what's being talked about on the main thread versus what the GFS/Euro are showing. A change to a colder pattern mid December is far from a unamious decision at this point. It's going to be nip and tuck and if the models are retrograding in the PAC too fast 12/11 is screwed, JMHO.

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Always amusing to watch poor Kevin's reaction to stuff. Congratulations Roger Smith....lol...

I'll have to admit.. I'm feeling kind of down right now too, but EVERYONE is in the same boat right now... its not like MA, RI, and CT are getting a MECS and I'm foretasted for 1-3". I guess we can all sulk together and just wait for optimism from will, tip, scott, phil, and Ry(wait..nevermind)...

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I do think the first half of December is similar to the current pattern but we'll start seeing clear signs of the flip by 12/10 with sensible wx responding 12/20-28.

Yeah I'd say this is definitely possible, Jerry.

What I'm worried about is a dislodging of the AK vortex/+EPO pattern that is only temporary. Would hate to see it come back.

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If this winter is like '93-'94, I will build a statue of you, in the Arboretum.

Probably the one of me picking up doggy doo. Incidentally the increased leash law enforcement have lessened the dog appeal of the arboretum but it's still a great place....,will be with deep snow.

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