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I refuse to believe that a coastal will not wind up enough to suck in the colder air to the west to at least show the blue line to be more NE to SW instead of a jigsaw puzzle shape as depicted on 6z GFS.

Wishing and hoping is fine, but there has been precious little cold air anywhere for a long time in this part of the country. I don't see how a wet solution is anything other than logical...

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I refuse to believe that a coastal will not wind up enough to suck in the colder air to the west to at least show the blue line to be more NE to SW instead of a jigsaw puzzle shape as depicted on 6z GFS.

As NE Balt just said, you need a solid source of cold air for the storm to wrap up. NE has baked just as much as we have so there is no nearby source of cold air to work with. It will be tough as it stands right now.

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As NE Balt just said, you need a solid source of cold air for the storm to wrap up. NE has baked just as much as we have so there is no nearby source of cold air to work with. It will be tough as it stands right now.

I agree with what you point out. As a novice model hugger it just seems that the depiction of the 850 line on the 6z run looks odd as if there is some info missing.

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Until the we get a +PNA, I don't feel the best when it comes to these future events. There is plenty of time for things to change but personally I believe this is all apart of the winter setup leading to a cold January & February!!! Winter has just started and we have sometime to get the ball rolling. Don't get me wrong, I would take any event if possible. Last year it was getting the -AO/-NAO and this year it is getting a +PNA and -EPO at the moment. Lol

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Pretty clear (or I think it's clear) what happened with the overnight runs. A slower and weaker cutter prevents a signfiicant 50/50 low from forming --> no confluence --> no cold air. Without this cutter delivering cold air, next week's storm is certainly rainy. Good news however, is a strong storm next week (even if rain), certainly would deliver the cold air and seems to shake up the pattern.

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Still think the odds are strongly against this being a snow storm. I couldn't say that in the CWG as that's too risky for there. Here I can say it. The cold air does really get here for the storm.

The cold air does really get here for the storm?

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Like I said before, when you need A+B+C/D to get what we need, it's already a fail.

Since 09-10 it's been more like this:

I just looked at the 6z gfs. There is a 1032hp in far eastern canada. It's just in a crappy spot. Need to be further SW. Even then I'm not sure it matters. The air up in se canada isn't really cold either. We'll see how things progress. Getting a 500 track like that in Dec has a lot better chance at surprising us than in Nov.

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Since 09-10 it's been more like this:

I just looked at the 6z gfs. There is a 1032hp in far eastern canada. It's just in a crappy spot. Need to be further SW. Even then I'm not sure it matters. The air up in se canada isn't really cold either. We'll see how things progress. Getting a 500 track like that in Dec has a lot better chance at surprising us than in Nov.

:lol: Good pic.

Also, the 6z has the H5 low farther north compared to 0z from what I saw. Thank God we have the Dgex.

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on a positive note, fwiw, CFS2 is slowly getting JAN cooler from a recent warm surge

today's run has us back w/in the normal range, along with FEB, and it has both months with above normal precip

at the same time, it is roasting Europe during those 2 months suggesting the cold air will be on our side of the Pole

if you recall, the latest Euro monthlies cooled from last couple months as well putting JAN & FEB into the normal range of the scale (+ or = .5C)

looks like we're just going to have to bide our time until after the holidays for our best shots at snow, which isn't a bad thing for the MA because when we lock into a wintry patter in late DEC/early JAN, it usually sticks around long enough to rack up some snowfall since we need the coldest period climo-wise to get precip to fall as snow in most winters

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on a positive note, fwiw, CFS2 is slowly getting JAN cooler from a recent warm surge

today's run has us back w/in the normal range, along with FEB, and it has both months with above normal precip

at the same time, it is roasting Europe during those 2 months suggesting the cold air will be on our side of the Pole

if you recall, the latest Euro monthlies cooled from last couple months as well putting JAN & FEB into the normal range of the scale (+ or = .5C)

looks like we're just going to have to bide our time until after the holidays for our best shots at snow, which isn't a bad thing for the MA because when we lock into a wintry patter in late DEC/early JAN, it usually sticks around long enough to rack up some snowfall since we need the coldest period climo-wise to get precip to fall as snow in most winters

I know the CFS2 is a high tech model but I just have a tough time having confidence in it. It just seems like it is taking the current 15-30 prog and extrapolating forward but the 15-30 day prog changes more times than a newborn's diaper.

I agree that we are probably in for a cooler or dare I say cold stretch to close out the year but can any model really have any skill beyond that? Years without strong enso just don't have a strong enough signal to have any accuracy beyond a week or 2 let alone a month or two.

I think we just have to take this winter a week or 2 at a time and even then it will be full of uncertainty. But at least it isn't boring.

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I know the CFS2 is a high tech model but I just have a tough time having confidence in it. It just seems like it is taking the current 15-30 prog and extrapolating forward but the 15-30 day prog changes more times than a newborn's diaper.

I agree that we are probably in for a cooler or dare I say cold stretch to close out the year but can any model really have any skill beyond that? Years without strong enso just don't have a strong enough signal to have any accuracy beyond a week or 2 let alone a month or two.

I think we just have to take this winter a week or 2 at a time and even then it will be full of uncertainty. But at least it isn't boring.

well, I don't disagree w/you for the most part Bob

but it has been pretty good this season once we are w/in a month of the forecast period, so I believe it encouraging that it has been trending cooler for the JAN/FEB period and the Euro now has basically the same forecast for the period

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