Brian5671 Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Man, it's going to get brutal around here if there's a big torch through the 10th or 15th and the pattern change is still 10 days away.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisM Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Wow @the ct cop that stole money and jewelry off that fatal crash victim. Hope they throw the book at him. Is this a banter thread BTW? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Typhoon Tip Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Yeah this is right. Who care if we're -2 or +2 on the month... the issue is simply about whether we can get a storm or two that delivers. Through at least 12/10 the pattern is hostile. Some hope after that but what's the mechanism to dislodge the cold? What pops the PNA ridge? How do we ensure the gradient pattern doesn't favor Chicago for snow lol. Not that anyone asked, but I care. It's ALL part of "Meteorology". This forum gets a bit too carried away by "snow", when that is just 1 facet in a field of study that carries very many. I know we've been over it and I don't mean to spark up that pointless debate (if for no other reason, any snow-contrary point of view is unintelligible white nose to the listener, so why bother). At first it was a detraction for me when I would feel ...well, it would 'occur to me', and then I'd think I was contributing not to a weather forum, but to an Internet catch-basin of obsessors more snow-nutty than an Inuit at an igloo convention. But I guess there is some truth to it being relative to the season. It may be tough to get one's mind around tornadoes and heat right now - ha! Most folk are into the weather for the experience of the weather. Scott's right - who the heck cares about mostly sunny, high of 80 if that is all there ever is. I actually agree with that much. You know, part of that is evolution ingrained, as an instinct for exploration in all people. Moreover, you can't truly explore the weather unless it operates at the bounds of what is physically possible. THAT requires dramatic events: For a pure Meteorologists, it requires "extreme" events; for everyone else, its "drama", and by design, people will tend to associate drama with their memories and sentiments - it just so happens most are of the latter ilk, and that happens to be snow. To put it simply, a pure Meteorologist is someone that cares whether any anomaly at all is transpiring, not just weather it is snowing or not. I fall for in the former camp, but I'm not going to sit here and lie and try to come off as though it doesn't bother me that it won't f snow in winter anymore. jesus christ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Honestly you should probably try to add to the conversation here. No one is overly optimistic or overly pessimistic. Right now we're in sort of a holding pattern and know that we have some opportunities ahead post 12/10. Your posts on the pattern change have been abysmal. Like your forecasts for Son of Sandy, and this last snowstorm? Rough couple of weeks for you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Like your forecasts for Son of Sandy, and this last snowstorm? Rough couple of weeks for you lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian5671 Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Like your forecasts for Son of Sandy, and this last snowstorm? Rough couple of weeks for you um he was pretty good on this week's storm--90% of locales saw less than an inch and everyone busted on Son of Sandy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 um he was pretty good on this week's storm--90% of locales saw less than an inch and everyone busted on Son of Sandy He had snow no snow snow no snow as models flopped around. Instead of staying the course. And not everyone busted on SOS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Despite the lack of snow in these parts, this is a November to remember for the number of cool, crisp blue bird days. Sunniest ever around here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropopause_Fold Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Not that anyone asked, but I care. It's ALL part of "Meteorology". This forum gets a bit too carried away by "snow", when that is just 1 facet in a field of study that carries very many. I know we've been over it and I don't mean to spark up that pointless debate (if for no other reason, any snow-contrary point of view is unintelligible white nose to the listener, so why bother). At first it was a detraction for me when I would feel ...well, it would 'occur to me', and then I'd think I was contributing not to a weather forum, but to an Internet catch-basin of obsessors more snow-nutty than an Inuit at an igloo convention. But I guess there is some truth to it being relative to the season. It may be tough to get one's mind around tornadoes and heat right now - ha! Most folk are into the weather for the experience of the weather. Scott's right - who the heck cares about mostly sunny, high of 80 if that is all there ever is. I actually agree with that much. You know, part of that is evolution ingrained, as an instinct for exploration in all people. Moreover, you can't truly explore the weather unless it operates at the bounds of what is physically possible. THAT requires dramatic events: For a pure Meteorologists, it requires "extreme" events; for everyone else, its "drama", and by design, people will tend to associate drama with their memories and sentiments - it just so happens most are of the latter ilk, and that happens to be snow. To put it simply, a pure Meteorologist is someone that cares whether any anomaly at all is transpiring, not just weather it is snowing or not. I fall for in the former camp, but I'm not going to sit here and lie and try to come off as though it doesn't bother me that it won't f snow in winter anymore. jesus christ! Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 This thread is bordering on unreadable...lol Anyone caring about possible flakes, etc Saturday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Despite the lack of snow in these parts, this is a November to remember for the number of cool, crisp blue bird days. Sunniest ever around here? Def one of the driest... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N. OF PIKE Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 How's the guidance look for saturday? Still cold and a lil precip, or no. I mean could be our last shot for a while Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthCoastMA Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Uh Oh..Tip is starting to pretend like he doesn't care about snow. Not a good sign Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Typhoon Tip Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Uh Oh..Tip is starting to pretend like he doesn't care about snow. Not a good sign What?! " but I'm not going to sit here and lie and try to come off as though it doesn't bother me that it won't f snow in winter anymore. jesus christ!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Typhoon Tip Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 How's the guidance look for saturday? Still cold and a lil precip, or no. I mean could be our last shot for a while It's still there... It's a gentle overrunning scenario. There is even a bit of S/W material rippling out underneath to give some very weak frontogen in there, but primarily it has a snow grain/flurry/light snow look in a west east band that some 100 or so mile wide between ALB-BOS. The high slips east and the llv trajectory then comes around to the ESE/SE then S and its over by Sunday morning. But at least its a day of a winter vibe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthCoastMA Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 What?! " but I'm not going to sit here and lie and try to come off as though it doesn't bother me that it won't f snow in winter anymore. jesus christ!" Sorry I missed that line. It's ok Tip, just keep Pink Floyd out of your car's CD player when idling in the garage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathafella Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Uh Oh..Tip is starting to pretend like he doesn't care about snow. Not a good sign His eyes are popping out as he contemplates tipping the chair over. Don't do it John! Teleconnectors can kiss my arse! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cycloneslurry Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 can someone please tell what specific feature/teleconnection did/did not come to fruition to seemingly completely rewrite the next three weeks? The overwhelming consensus (not just on this board but local and national media as well) was for a cold start to the meteorological winter for New England, but now it is becoming clear that not only is below normal temps off the table until the third week of december...but people are now calling for +2 or +3 for the month. I know it can happen that forecasts can do a 180, but I would love to know that is happening to do so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 He had snow no snow snow no snow as models flopped around. Instead of staying the course. And not everyone busted on SOS Actually was forecasting wintry precip when the models had the thing cutting through Michigan. Nice try though. And most everyone busted on SOS. Looking forward toward your cold and snowy pattern that begins on 12/5. Should be fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 It's still there... It's a gentle overrunning scenario. There is even a bit of S/W material rippling out underneath to give some very weak frontogen in there, but primarily it has a snow grain/flurry/light snow look in a west east band that some 100 or so mile wide between ALB-BOS. The high slips east and the llv trajectory then comes around to the ESE/SE then S and its over by Sunday morning. But at least its a day of a winter vibe. Will you hang bulbs and ornaments from your weenie while decorating the tree with snow gently falling outside? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthShoreWx Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Weeklies are going to come in quite cold and stormy this evening. Can't wait to see them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Whats interesting is that if you go back and read the forum around this time (back on eastern I mean) in 2008...there were a lot of people ready to jump. The ensembles had all been predicting a huge cold intrusion for early December...almost similar to Dec '83 and a huge -NAO to boot. They all backed off near the 1st of December and things looked very volatile but somewhat normal to above normal overall. We then got the ice storm on Dec 11-12 which was not seen well until within 4 days (it started off as a huge cutter on the models)...then we torched after that and Kevin had his famous meltdown about seeing brown grass and burly men's arms hanging out of pickup trucks right through Christmas. The Dec 19-20 event was originally progged as a torching cutter at D6-7 on the Euro. It trneded into a very cold SWFE. The bottom line...unless the pattern is epic looking for a KU (ala December 2009/1995) or it looks like December 2006/2001/2011, these volatile patterns are not going to be modeled well in terms of snow events or even short term cold shots. I used the 2008 example to show how difficult it was to see that month turning out the way it did after the busted 1983 redux cold pattern. I used the 1985 pattern earlier as an example too..it was a great blocked up pattern that gave us a -4 month and hardly any snow...I hardly think people would have been celebrating on here. KU events in December aren't that common. Boston's top snowiest Decembers have almost all come from SWFE patterns....1970, 2007, 2008, 1975. Only 1995 was a top 5 December that was more classic looking in terms of the KU cookbook pattern. So I think some people need to gain a little bit of perspective when looking at forecasted patterns. It doesn't mean we are going to rock this month...that is not easy to predict. We could end up on the wrong side of the gradient and have a torch month. But historically, odds would say that from where the blocking has been, the N plains will eventually get quite cold and some of that will come our direction giving us chances. That's all you can really say at this point until we get closer. There's one theme that was in common with all of the snowier Decembers...they had ridging up near the Bering/W AK EPO/WPO region, or even slightly north of that. We don't see a huge vortex ending up there right now so all options remain on the table. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted November 29, 2012 Author Share Posted November 29, 2012 Ahh yes, the annual weenie meltdown when the first week of December doesn't deliver 30" of snow. Do yourselves a favor, and just live life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarloaf1989 Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 This thread is bordering on unreadable...lol Anyone caring about possible flakes, etc Saturday? What might these "flakes" amount to on saturday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Typhoon Tip Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 can someone please tell what specific feature/teleconnection did/did not come to fruition to seemingly completely rewrite the next three weeks? The overwhelming consensus (not just on this board but local and national media as well) was for a cold start to the meteorological winter for New England, but now it is becoming clear that not only is below normal temps off the table until the third week of december...but people are now calling for +2 or +3 for the month. I know it can happen that forecasts can do a 180, but I would love to know that is happening to do so... It's tough to hone that during this particular era, though. The reason is ... much of what Will and Scott, Ryan and Trop' and everyone else has been discussing when they said tag lines like "hopeful for this" or "encouraged by that...", those were all based on ...hinted trends so to speak. Which, yeah ... that kind of means "use at own risk", but a lot of those hints were pretty loud - like yesterday's 12z runs were more than mere hints, frankly. Anyway, the teleconnector side of this is not a deterministic solution. They are used as "correction vectors" - in other words, where to correct the models toward. That AO was differentiating heavily negative, there were multi-model products signaling a warming tropopause over Siberia ... the NAO was progged to vacillate but stay negative while doing so, and the PNA had some factors that suggested it would rise in 10 days. All those together, combined with those hinted trends in the the various operational models is where we were at 24 hours ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapturedNature Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Ahh yes, the annual weenie meltdown when the first week of December doesn't deliver 30" of snow. Do yourselves a favor, and just live life. This post has me laughing because it's so true. You can't control it, just live and experience it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted November 29, 2012 Author Share Posted November 29, 2012 Whats interesting is that if you go back and read the forum around this time (back on eastern I mean) in 2008...there were a lot of people ready to jump. The ensembles had all been predicting a huge cold intrusion for early December...almost similar to Dec '83 and a huge -NAO to boot. They all backed off near the 1st of December and things looked very volatile but somewhat normal to above normal overall. We then got the ice storm on Dec 11-12 which was not seen well until within 4 days (it started off as a huge cutter on the models)...then we torched after that and Kevin had his famous meltdown about seeing brown grass and burly men's arms hanging out of pickup trucks right through Christmas. The Dec 19-20 event was originally progged as a torching cutter at D6-7 on the Euro. It trneded into a very cold SWFE. The bottom line...unless the pattern is epic looking for a KU (ala December 2009/1995) or it looks like December 2006/2001/2011, these volatile patterns are not going to be modeled well in terms of snow events or even short term cold shots. I used the 2008 example to show how difficult it was to see that month turning out the way it did after the busted 1983 redux cold pattern. I used the 1985 pattern earlier as an example too..it was a great blocked up pattern that gave us a -4 month and hardly any snow...I hardly think people would have been celebrating on here. KU events in December aren't that common. Boston's top snowiest Decembers have almost all come from SWFE patterns....1970, 2007, 2008, 1975. Only 1995 was a top 5 December that was more classic looking in terms of the KU cookbook pattern. So I think some people need to gain a little bit of perspective when looking at forecasted patterns. It doesn't mean we are going to rock this month...that is not easy to predict. We could end up on the wrong side of the gradient and have a torch month. But historically, odds would say that from where the blocking has been, the N plains will eventually get quite cold and some of that will come our direction giving us chances. That's all you can really say at this point until we get closer. There's one theme that was in common with all of the snowier Decembers...they had ridging up near the Bering/W AK EPO/WPO region, or even slightly north of that. We don't see a huge vortex ending up there right now so all options remain on the table. Not at all, agreed. I do remember 2008 and how it looked on models which is also why I mentioned these SWFE type deals won't be seen like 2-4 weeks out. They sort of spring up on you all of the sudden. Remember how the NYE 2008 deal was like 1-2" and then rain? That thing was a 6-8hr dendrite dump here while Sam was nude in the deformation band. That wasn't a SWFE really...but you get what I mean. I think weenies are setting the bar high because there were a few points about how it could be an awesome period. We just don't know if we'll be in the good side of the gradient. 200 miles may mean the difference between epic stretch and epic fail...how are you going to figure that out 2+ weeks out? You can't, other than note the similarities of previous patterns. On that note, the daily roller coaster continues. Ensembles looked better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalcottWx Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Ahh yes, the annual weenie meltdown when the first week of December doesn't deliver 30" of snow. Do yourselves a favor, and just live life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 NAM is even more paltry for Saturday with the 18z run. Looks like just a little snizzle and freezing drizzle fo shizzle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isotherm Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Unfortunately the whole picture is more complicated than MJO, however. Yeah I didn't mean to imply that everything comes down to the MJO. It's just another factor on the table. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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