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December Medium/Long Range Discussion


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10 minutes ago, 40westwx said:

yeah the placement of that HP is exactly what we need.  There is not a ton of Cold Air around but I really wasnt surprised when I saw the GFS trend colder this last run.  The ensemble support is very encouraging. 

Not a ton of cold air? It's almost 20 below zero in eastern/southeast canada across a pretty sizeable area during midweek storm on a lot of models

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If everything lines up right, an event like 12/5/2002 might be within reach. One of my favorite moderate snowstorms growing up.

This -NAO is the best that we’ve seen in years, especially after so many years of crappy Atlantic setups. A cold 5-8” throughout the I-95 corridor, just before the holidays, would be such a nice break after all the turmoil of 2020, and after the pathetic non-winter of 2019-20.

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2 minutes ago, Fozz said:

If everything lines up right, an event like 12/5/2002 might be within reach. One of my favorite moderate snowstorms growing up.

This -NAO is the best that we’ve seen in years, especially after so many years of crappy Atlantic setups. A cold 5-8” throughout the I-95 corridor, just before the holidays, would be such a nice break after all the turmoil of 2020, and after the pathetic non-winter of 2019-20.

12/5/02 storm summary for those wondering:  http://www.raymondcmartinjr.com/weather/2003/05-Dec-02.html

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3 minutes ago, Fozz said:

If everything lines up right, an event like 12/5/2002 might be within reach. One of my favorite moderate snowstorms growing up.

This -NAO is the best that we’ve seen in years, especially after so many years of crappy Atlantic setups. A cold 5-8” throughout the I-95 corridor, just before the holidays, would be such a nice break after all the turmoil of 2020, and after the pathetic non-winter of 2019-20.

This storm looks to be more southern compared to the 2002 storm. We shall see

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Just now, clskinsfan said:

The GFS is really active throughout the run. With multiple chances for frozen for the western burbs and multiple coastals. Temps are an issue. But that makes sense for December. But we are in for a fun few weeks of tracking it looks like. 

Also makes sense when we get blocks! Things do not just ride out to sea without some chance of getting us involved. So true about the climo! The cold is just cold enough to snow, which means it is also just warm enough to not!

 

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11 minutes ago, Fozz said:

If everything lines up right, an event like 12/5/2002 might be within reach. One of my favorite moderate snowstorms growing up.

This -NAO is the best that we’ve seen in years, especially after so many years of crappy Atlantic setups. A cold 5-8” throughout the I-95 corridor, just before the holidays, would be such a nice break after all the turmoil of 2020, and after the pathetic non-winter of 2019-20.

 

Remember how bad forecast were in 2002. there was 4" on the ground with SN+ in state college by the time people saw this paper.  Ended up with 8"

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Just now, IronTy said:

You can sort of cheat, at least on WB.  While you're refreshing your computer every 5 seconds trying to get the next frame you can just go to the "10 day snow total" and that seems to be released at the start of the run.  You obviously can't get any of the evolution...but who cares all I want to see is snow totals.

nah man. thats not how it works. do better.

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1 minute ago, Amped said:

 

Remember how bad forecast were in 2002. there was 4" on the ground with SN+ in state college by the time people saw this paper.  Ended up with 8"

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LOL that’s funny.

Forecasts were a bit better in MD. I remember a Winter Storm Watch for 3-6”, and as I was listening on my NOAA radio they were downplaying the chance of a major storm, but still said there’s a good chance of 4”+, which of course was good enough for me.

And then the day before the storm it was upgraded to a warning for 4-8” and had the Baltimore area in the bullseye. We ended up with 8” in Lutherville where I grew up, with 7.4” in BWI. And I especially enjoyed it because it was so much more snow than the entire previous season, and the snow cover lasted a long time, long enough to be followed by a moderate ice storm the following week (it would’ve definitely been all rain without the snowpack to cool the surface). So many snow days to enjoy, and PDII was still months away.

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