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January Pattern and Storm Discussion


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I respect DT a lot for his medium range forecasting skills, but he does tend to go for extremes. It's how he makes his name. I've seen be correct a lot and be completely wrong a lot. But that's everyone really. I haven't read his thoughts, but if he's dissing this pattern he's wrong on that. This could easily produce a storm, especially over southern Virginia/Carolinas.

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Well, you and I have spent a lot of time together on this board, so I'm going to reserve comment other than to say, if a comment like that is deemed "negative" it doesn't say much for the level of tolerance of discourse on this board.

Hey like I said, it didn't hurt my feelings...just could see how someone might take it the wrong way is all. You know it aint looking positive when the threads start going this direction.

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I respect DT a lot for his medium range forecasting skills, but he does tend to go for extremes. It's how he makes his name. I've seen be correct a lot and be completely wrong a lot. But that's everyone really. I haven't read his thoughts, but if he's dissing this pattern he's wrong on that. This could easily produce a storm, especially over southern Virginia/Carolinas.

His big issue was the lack of a kicker out west for our s/w and the big PV in Canada which would force the northern energy to do what it's doing. Just my take from it.

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Interestingly, by mid-Jan the CPC ensembles for today are switching back to their respective spots from December. What will be interesting is whether we get the same result, or if being deeper into winter, the AO/NAO potentially going negative mid-month will finally take over. Like mid-late November the GFS is showing cold in the long range operational. It was wrong then. However, there is some hope based upon today's numbers. Seems that also corresponds to the stratospheric warming event - which I am no expert. I also follow Stu Ostro on FB and he has been correctly pointing out the magnitude of the storm that just departed New England. I wonder how such a strong low pressure will affect things upstream?

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DT was the one calling for a 4-8 inch snowstorm.

Just a point of clarity here. DT didn't officially forecast anything. He stated that it was certainly possible and the model was showing snow accumulations, but he also said that he could be completely wrong. He said there was potential and that he was certainly leaning in the direction of a winter storm, but he didn't actually forecast it.

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Where are all these negative comments I keep reading about? I keep searching this thread for them and can't find them. I see people pointing out the obvious -- we haven't really even had a close call this far this winter, there is virtually no model support for an event later this week and the pattern goes to hell for at least the first half of January.

With all respect, this sounds like a straw man to me. But maybe I'm missing the same thing with the negativity that I'm missing with this winter so far.

A poster came out of the woodwork and mocked someone for mentioning phasing...adding nothing else to the disco. You're not looking hard enough. That was just yesterday.

Also, guys, I posted a few pages ago (it was the last post of the page so I got covered by a new page) about the strat warming and AO/NAO...It appears by the way all of that's trending that it would be indeed Jan 15th and on when our best chances start once again.

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Just a point of clarity here. DT didn't officially forecast anything. He stated that it was certainly possible and the model was showing snow accumulations, but he also said that he could be completely wrong. He said there was potential and that he was certainly leaning in the direction of a winter storm, but he didn't actually forecast it.

I would agree with that. He actually mentioned that the upcoming January pattern was not great even with the location of the vortex being better than it was...but too far north to really influence an eastern trough into forming in a way that would produce a winter storm. His analysis this winter has been good, but misses like everyone else. He is a good person to learn from if you can take the edginess.

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I'm not real sure about the last three posters comments. If you sign up for a weather board I'm not real sure why you are only wanting 3 day forecasts? If that is all you want, click on your NWS grid forecast. The beauty of this board is for people to discuss upcoming potential. It's not the fault of other posters if some get excited over a couple runs of a few models. People need to keep emotions in check. I have seen models bust inside 3 days, for better and worse.

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That's why you wait till you get two- three days from the event to talk bout it otherwise it does nothing but get everyone excited over nothing

Yeah people talking up storms 7-10 days away is a little much. I mean its fine to mention them but don't hang your hat on it or you'll be disappointed 95% of the time.

I'm just hoping that we can get a better pattern to set up for late January and into February. We had the -nao/ao to start December and now we have the +pna. Just need them to happen at the same time.

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Very well said sir..

I'm not real sure about the last three posters comments. If you sign up for a weather board I'm not real sure why you are only wanting 3 day forecasts? If that is all you want, click on your NWS grid forecast. The beauty of this board is for people to discuss upcoming potential. It's not the fault of other posters if some get excited over a couple runs of a few models. People need to keep emotions in check. I have seen models bust inside 3 days, for better and worse.

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I'm not real sure about the last three posters comments. If you sign up for a weather board I'm not real sure why you are only wanting 3 day forecasts? If that is all you want, click on your NWS grid forecast. The beauty of thisthis board is for people to discuss upcoming potential. It's not the fault of other posters if some get excited over a couple runs of a few models. People need to keep emotions in check. I have seen models bust inside 3 days, for better and worse.

I agree 100% if you just interested in a three day forecast watch your local news... Like you said this is a weather board hence we like to discuss long range weather also!!!! There's nothing wrong with getting excited over a model run or getting discouraged over one, it's weather it's ever changing so some people's emotions change as much as the weather. Lol enjoy the weather it's the only weather you got! Seems like i heard that somewhere.... Go out and play some golf before winter sets in.

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I'm not real sure about the last three posters comments. If you sign up for a weather board I'm not real sure why you are only wanting 3 day forecasts? If that is all you want, click on your NWS grid forecast. The beauty of this board is for people to discuss upcoming potential.

Completely agree franklin...or better yet, just stick with your 7-day planner on your 11 o'clock newscast.

Yeah people talking up storms 7-10 days away is a little much. I mean its fine to mention them but don't hang your hat on it or you'll be disappointed 95% of the time.

The met and non-met posters that are interested in the the meteorology behind 7-10 day storms/patterns aren't the ones hanging their hats and aren't the ones getting disappointed.

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The met and non-met posters that are interested in the the meteorology behind 7-10 day storms/patterns aren't the ones hanging their hats and aren't the ones getting disappointed.

Oh definately. I'm not trying to say there isn't valuable meteorological discussion that can be had in the 7-10+ range. But the people posting every run of the gfs to see how a storm 300 hours out changes run to run is not adding anything meaningful. I look at the fantasy storms as much as the next weather weenie but that's all they are is fantasy.

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