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November 2013 Observations & Discussions


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That Arctic high entering Montana in a week then moving East has good ensemble support. That's

what JB would call the emperor of the north. I would guess near or record lows over the Rockies

and Plains filtering east.

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My wedding is next Saturday not loving the recent trends today world have been prefect
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Just for craps and giggles the Day 10 EURO sets up a triple phaser potential! Some of the GFS ensembles show a large storm with a similar setup in the Day 10-13 period. Something to keep an eye on as the week goes on. Hell, the 10 Day EURO actually looks pretty similar to the setup before 93'. Lala land though so obviously grain of salt, but chasing dreams is half the fun. 

 

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Many people are calling for an epic winter.

Yes, but also some are going for a mild one. IMO, I think we are headed for a good winter, however there are many things that can go wrong, like every other winter outlook. With many people on this forum predicting a +ao winter, I don't tnink that will be the case. The SAI index was taken when snow cover was at a standstill, and has grown enormously since then. Also, the qbo has been steadily dropping and I think that will continue. I believe we will have a +pna and NAO is up in the air, however I do see it negative not sure about west based though. The recent dry pattern and progressive flow has me concerned, but I believe a pattern change will come early to mid December. Late November looks to be transient not a pattern change, and they are rushed on the models as we all know. I think about 35 inches is in store for us, and if somehow a February niño develops, more than that. HUGE bust potential.

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Former Fox PHL met Rob G released his winter outlook in September and informed the same.

DT is riding the coat tails of Rob G, JB & LC.

 

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Matt

I remember many people calling for a third straight snowy 2011-2012 winter and instead it was one of our lousiest ever. People put too much stock in seasonal outlooks sometimes.

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Many people are calling for an epic winter.

 

 

all signals post to an epic winter.

1) Cool August

2) Dry October/November

3) Active bear/deer season - denning early!

4) Moon/ocean cycle

5) lack of geese this fall

6) firewood and snow snowblower prices up 3%

7) fall clothing sales up 2% to ly

8) JB honking hard

9) euro fantasy storms

10) NE early ski season already

12) lack of 2013 east coast tropical storms

13) we are due

 

Best,

 

Matt

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I remember many people calling for a third straight snowy 2011-2012 winter and instead it was one of our lousiest ever. People put too much stock in seasonal outlooks sometimes.

 

 

Yeah definitely. It's hard enough predicting what will happen 1 week from now, let alone 2 or 3 months from now. I never put much stock in long range forecasting. Look at this hurricane season. It was supposed to be super active, but it was a huge bust. So who knows what will happen this winter. The best long range forecast for this winter is this: It could be cold/snowy, mild/snowless, or somewhere in between. That's the most reasonable long range prediction, ha.

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all signals post to an epic winter.

1) Cool August

2) Dry October/November

3) Active bear/deer season - denning early!

4) Moon/ocean cycle

5) lack of geese this fall

6) firewood and snow snowblower prices up 3%

7) fall clothing sales up 2% to ly

8) JB honking hard

9) euro fantasy storms

10) NE early ski season already

12) lack of 2013 east coast tropical storms

13) we are due

 

Best,

 

Matt

If anything we are due for a string of lousy winters. The late 90s in general were awful here, as were the 80s. The snowy winters historically (40"+) are much less frequent than the subpar ones here.

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0z Euro is still really interesting in the long range. Looks like a weak low near the coast at 162 hours that gives NYC a little snow. 850 temps are cold enough. I wish it went past 240 hours because there was a storm in the making with cold air getting ready to come down.

 

Snowmap shows a few inches for the NYC area.

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If anything we are due for a string of lousy winters. The late 90s in general were awful here, as were the 80s. The snowy winters historically (40"+) are much less frequent than the subpar ones here.

 

Certainly hope it does not happen, but you are 100% correct about this.  The last 13 years have been very, very snowy relative to normal out here. Even last winter, where basically nothing was going on,  somehow managed 51.8" of snow out at Upton, of course heavily abetted by the February storm. 

 

One thing we do have going for us is that at least globally, as far as overall atmospheric warming goes, we have peaked and now turned the corner and temperatures are beginning to head downwards, a trend that should accelerate over the next 5 to 10 years.

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The dry pattern at my location has really only been going on since september of this year. Prior to that precip had been close to normal for the first eight months of the year and precip for 2012 was around 45 inches which is just a couple of inches below normal.

 

Same here.  We were jackpotted in a handful of localized events of training rain and thunderstorms and were several inches ahead of areas less than 20 miles away.  It was a very strange summer in Hunterdon County.  The dry pattern nowadays is region-wide though, so no more counterfeiting the drought with 3 inch rainstorms in my backyard.

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Seems like every year many go for the cold/snowy forecast. Not many times do long range forecasts predict a dead ratter winter.

I do think a lot of people will enjoy this winter, but like many know...... Spiking the football five yards short earns you zero points.

Very true ..rarely do we see widespread forecasts for below normal snowfall

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