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December 2017 Mid-Long Range Disco 2


WxUSAF

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Ummm. Yeah. The GFS is a legit Christmas snowstorm for all of us basically. 

Even the surface is decent. The front pushes in so much faster this run. It's a be careful what you wish for for those of us out west. Could end up like every other event so far this year. East does well. West gets shafted.

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1 minute ago, MN Transplant said:

0.1" qpf and surface temps near freezing in DC (and worse to the north) isn't a legit snowstorm.  However, waking up to white on Christmas morning would be fantastic.

When you are sitting at the totals I am this year. An inch is legit. Especially on Christmas day.

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3 minutes ago, WxWatcher007 said:

Love that we're still in the game for something. The trends for a Christmas Miracle™ have definitely been interesting the last few days. Hopefully we continue to see options for snow be revealed.  

GFS was not far off something even bigger. Low gets going just slightly late. Wouldn’t be surprised if there are some flush hits in the GEFS.

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Just now, WxUSAF said:

GFS was not far off something even bigger. Low gets going just slightly late. Wouldn’t be surprised if there are some flush hits in the GEFS.

No doubt. We can work with something like this. Those + tilt runs sucked. No weak ass + tilt trough is going to kick a big pool of warmth and SER out of the way. THIS on the other hand....is something that we can all agree looks half decent...

 

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3 minutes ago, Bob Chill said:

No doubt. We can work with something like this. Those + tilt runs sucked. No weak ass + tilt trough is going to kick a big pool of warmth and SER out of the way. THIS on the other hand....is something that we can all agree looks half decent...

 

gfs_z500_vort_us_23.png

Unbelievable how in the span of 2 days the giant SW trough has morphed into a ridge. This general look just wants to happen this year. Every time models have hinted at SW troughing in the long range it has dampened and shifted eastward over time.

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Just now, WhiteoutWX said:

Unbelievable how in the span of 2 days the giant SW trough has morphed into a ridge. This general look just wants to happen this year. Every time models have hinted at SW troughing in the long range it has dampened and shifted eastward over time.

Weird year. No doubt there. This is a tricky pattern flip too. Progressive flow after the cold gets here will continue to wreak havoc on ops. At least this year isn't boring. 

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Fair to say that its "right where we wanna be" at this juncture.  As stated, we can surely work with this, and see where it goes from here.  All you southerners can have the big snow, I'm fine with a couple inches and just feeling like christmas....  Pattern looks promising to share the love next week.

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240hr on the GFS is a good example of how models underforecast CAD. There’s a monster high to the northeast with confluence supporting it and the low level winds are off the ocean. If we this map verified verbatim, you’d see northeasterly winds near the surface.

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