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So you have zero faith in anything substantial in the next  couple weeks?   Unless all the modeling is total BS, I don't know how you can't be somewhat encouraged.  We haven't had the look the models are giving us now in the med-long range, all winter long.  The southern jet breaking thru with arctic highs stretched across the north.  Cross polar flow.  Is it right?  I guess we'll find out, but I'm cautiously optimistic.

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So you have zero faith in anything substantial in the next couple weeks? Unless all the modeling is total BS, I don't know how you can't be somewhat encouraged. We haven't had the look the models are giving us now in the med-long range, all winter long. The southern jet breaking thru with arctic highs stretched across the north. Cross polar flow. Is it right? I guess we'll find out, but I'm cautiously optimistic.

I am too. Just gotta hope the storms don't all phase too heavily and get amped up with zero Atlantic blocking. Big overrunning could get us a good storm, otherwise we need to settle for moderate events. Can't see a monster smacking us with the current setup.
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I am too. Just gotta hope the storms don't all phase too heavily and get amped up with zero Atlantic blocking. Big overrunning could get us a good storm, otherwise we need to settle for moderate events. Can't see a monster smacking us with the current setup.

 

well nothing wrong with a good phase, as long as it happens further east.   The default is to say a phase hurts us, that depends where it occurs.

 

on another note...the nam is up to almost .2 for the Saturday 'clipper'....arctic wave?  

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So you have zero faith in anything substantial in the next  couple weeks?   Unless all the modeling is total BS, I don't know how you can't be somewhat encouraged.  We haven't had the look the models are giving us now in the med-long range, all winter long.  The southern jet breaking thru with arctic highs stretched across the north.  Cross polar flow.  Is it right?  I guess we'll find out, but I'm cautiously optimistic.

 

I'd rather be faithless and pleasantly surprised than hopeful and disappointed.  It's worked out so far.  I can't say there's a 0% chance of a decent storm, as this winter has provided plenty of them... everywhere else.  Climo and the pattern all winter works against it here, though, and I will continue to think that's how it's going to go until something changes.  I can't rely on the same models that agreed on a pretty good storm for us... just to get a slushy inch and a bunch of rain.  The arctic air would, to me, only suggest suppression.  Bottom line, I think something is going to go wrong again.

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I'd rather be faithless and pleasantly surprised than hopeful and disappointed.  It's worked out so far.  I can't say there's a 0% chance of a decent storm, as this winter has provided plenty of them... everywhere else.  Climo and the pattern all winter works against it here, though, and I will continue to think that's how it's going to go until something changes.  I can't rely on the same models that agreed on a pretty good storm for us... just to get a slushy inch and a bunch of rain.  The arctic air would, to me, only suggest suppression.  Bottom line, I think something is going to go wrong again.

 

can't argue with you I feel mostly the same way, I'm just allowing myself to open up a little more and risk some disappointment.  I figure what the hell, we only have a few more weeks of potential anyways.  (I don't count March lol)

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I'd rather be faithless and pleasantly surprised than hopeful and disappointed. It's worked out so far. I can't say there's a 0% chance of a decent storm, as this winter has provided plenty of them... everywhere else. Climo and the pattern all winter works against it here, though, and I will continue to think that's how it's going to go until something changes. I can't rely on the same models that agreed on a pretty good storm for us... just to get a slushy inch and a bunch of rain. The arctic air would, to me, only suggest suppression. Bottom line, I think something is going to go wrong again.

100% agree with this. It's the winter where if something can go wrong, it will. I'm sure we can eek out some 1-3" piddly stuff, but I see either Toledo cutters, strung out weak suppressors, or your average clipper.

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sheeesh,

you guys make me feel like one of the dudes playing the violin on the titanic deck.

go run to your life boats, but I swear if we get clobbered next week I'm gonna troll you like Alek on meth

;)

I'm on board but as I said last storm I'm not investing hours and hours into this one. I was on the verge of being done altogether but I'm too much of a weather nut to allow it lol

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sheeesh,

you guys make me feel like one of the dudes playing the violin on the titanic deck.

 

go run to your life boats, but I swear if we get clobbered next week I'm gonna troll you like Alek on meth

 

;)

 

I've been more or less playing the negative role hoping I'd be wrong, but it hasn't worked out that way.  It would hugely ironic, though, if there was a decent last gasp of winter and it all ended up pretty close to my original winter forecast.  If the rest of the month is as cold as the models show, the season will end up below normal and close to the 27 degrees I had.   

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actually gfs later panels looks the same if not a hair north, not enough to cause any issues north of the river though....thru 147

should be a nice hit....low tracks from n. AL to central VA

Looks great to me. We'll see what the euro says. Would be great if we actually have some run to run consistency over the next few runs.

Not getting my hopes up too much, but I think we have a shot.

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still way early as we all know.   Around hr 120 is when it's pulling out of TX, that's the point where we have to watch for a stronger low evolving in the next runs which could screw us.   Up until 120 the run was almost a carbon copy of recent runs.  After that still pretty similar other than noise.

 

I guess on the good side we aren't 'technically' in the bullseye....that award goes to the southern Ohio guys. 

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GGEM is nice, although a bit of a north shift unfortunately.  I just can't see the 12+ that the GFS is trying to dump.  I don't think this is the pattern for that.  I would say the two most likely options right now are the storm gets more wound up (cuts north, screws us) or a weaker solution with a nice moderate event.

 

Maybe if it is going slow enough we could surpass say 8", but I would love to know how many big storms we've received in the past with little Atlantic blocking and other pattern indicators the way they are now.  I just can't feel very comfortable knowing there is very little stopping this thing from going north should it get stronger.

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5 days is a lifetime in the model world.   The reason the euro was so far southeast was because it's 2 lows....reality will probably be one low.   So obvious question is track/strength.   I had a feeling the euro was going to come in southeast because the 00z GEFS were WAY southeast of the gfs OP run.     I have to admit, it's nice to have some breathing room if nothing else.  I think this will adjust west, hopefully not too far.   Still have plenty of bumping around on the models ahead.   At least the defensive front line is stronger with this storm than it was with the last one, so hopefully it can hold.  

 

I'm still way too intrigued by the ukmet and it's outlier solution of sending it OTS.   Imagine if that ends up being right and the uk scores the coupe on the 2 major winterstorms to affect the forum. :arrowhead:

 

By the way, where's Dilly???  He looks like he's in a nice spot for potentially 3+" this weekend.  Models are juicing up the eastern half of Ohio with that clipper.

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lol...gfs whiffs us, takes low off the VA coast.    But damn, it is getting closer and closer to showing a nice app runner.  Sharpen that trough a bit at 120.     I actually like this trend at this far out.    I'd rather it be showing a low running off the midatlantic coast at 138 than showing it cut thru KY.

 

ironically it's time to start rooting for some phasing

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lol...gfs whiffs us, takes low off the VA coast.    But damn, it is getting closer and closer to showing a nice app runner.  Sharpen that trough a bit at 120.     I actually like this trend at this far out.    I'd rather it be showing a low running off the midatlantic coast at 138 than showing it cut thru KY.

 

ironically it's time to start rooting for some phasing

With our luck...

this will be right and it runs off the coast....why not!! A miss north and south in a 2 week span!!

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With our luck...

this will be right and it runs off the coast....why not!! A miss north and south in a 2 week span!!

Blame the Appalachian mountains. They make it nearly impossible to get a good storm. We have to have a perfect set-up and I am quickly losing hope this weekend.

EURO south, GFS south, UKIE south, GEM South, NAM Still in question.

Seems like pretty good model consensus even this far out that this is going to be a southern system. Without at least a partial phase we might as well just have a clipper.

I'm not worried yet, but if they all come in with a whiff to the south today (4 days out) I'm gonna worry that it's set with them all agreeing. Nows the time we need models to start showing a phase.

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Blame the Appalachian mountains. They make it nearly impossible to get a good storm. We have to have a perfect set-up and I am quickly losing hope this weekend.

EURO south, GFS south, UKIE south, GEM South, NAM Still in question.

Seems like pretty good model consensus even this far out that this is going to be a southern system. Without at least a partial phase we might as well just have a clipper.

I'm not worried yet, but if they all come in with a whiff to the south today (4 days out) I'm gonna worry that it's set with them all agreeing. Nows the time we need models to start showing a phase.

 

c'mon you're not thinking this thru.   We have three possible places we could be sitting at 120 hrs out.  1.) bullseyed   2.)on the warm side with a warm tongue  3.)too far north

 

I'll take option 3 ALL DAY LONG

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c'mon you're not thinking this thru. We have three possible places we could be sitting at 120 hrs out. 1.) bullseyed 2.)on the warm side with a warm tongue 3.)too far north

I'll take option 3 ALL DAY LONG

the thing that worries me is we are getting in the realm of being way too far north.. But if we can get a partial phase that should change.

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