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4 minutes ago, CAPE said:

we good for early winter. B)

 

The most recent Euro weeklies backed off a bit on the west coast ridging, but no clear signal for a trough or Alaskan blue ball, so it's pretty ambiguous. Still interesting to see this far out, so far it does seem like we're emulating a bit of Oct/Nov 2017. 

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40 minutes ago, gopper said:

IF there is any validity to this, wouldn't the pattern actually be a couple/few weeks later as models tend to change patterns too soon?  That would bode well for December, IMO.

I'm not overly enthused about some anomalously 'favorable' pattern setting up over the next month. Guidance has been persistent in suggesting some seasonable weather and even a period of slightly below normal temps, mostly courtesy of a +PNA, so I will gladly take that if it is also mostly dry. We'll see how things look on guidance in a few weeks as we head into December. For many of us, getting a winter storm in November or even early December is pretty rare.

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11 minutes ago, CAPE said:

I'm not overly enthused about some anomalously 'favorable' pattern setting up over the next month. Guidance has been persistent in suggesting some seasonable weather and even a period of slightly below normal temps, mostly courtesy of a +PNA, so I will gladly take that if it is also mostly dry. We'll see how things look on guidance in a few weeks as we head into December. For many of us, getting a winter storm in November or even early December is pretty rare.

PV strengthens back after this initial weakening. Moderation in temps during mid November is possible. Later in the month more significant pattern change may develop. I think the odds of a colder December versus November may be more likely given the data currently. 

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48 minutes ago, WxUSAF said:

A great winter-type pattern in November is wasted 99% of the time.  I'd rather the pattern evolves so by ~10-15 December we have something functional.  

I've only been here 5 years (and have yet to experience a significant above 1' snowfall. I think I might have hit 1' once in those 5 years), but I have definitely noticed this since moving - Nov/Dec snows almost seem detrimental lol.

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4 hours ago, WxUSAF said:

A great winter-type pattern in November is wasted 99% of the time.  I'd rather the pattern evolves so by ~10-15 December we have something functional.  

Latest from the CFS for week 6 fwiw. Not a terrible look up top and in the EPAC at h5. Suggestive of -EPO/AO and at least a neutral NAO. Verbatim no cold air anywhere close by though lol.

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1 hour ago, CAPE said:

Latest from the CFS for week 6 fwiw. Not a terrible look up top and in the EPAC at h5. Suggestive of -EPO/AO and at least a neutral NAO. Verbatim no cold air anywhere close by though lol.

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Here is the entire month of December based off the early morning run today.   Front loaded winter?   Seems to be two camps on that notion. 

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1 hour ago, CAPE said:

Latest from the CFS for week 6 fwiw. Not a terrible look up top and in the EPAC at h5. Suggestive of -EPO/AO and at least a neutral NAO. Verbatim no cold air anywhere close by though lol.

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There is really only two pockets of cold anywhere in the NH!  That’s becoming a common thing. When the red is 70% of the map and the blue is 10%…well I won’t finish so as not to ruin anyone’s Friday. 

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2 hours ago, psuhoffman said:

There is really only two pockets of cold anywhere in the NH!  That’s becoming a common thing. When the red is 70% of the map and the blue is 10%…well I won’t finish so as not to ruin anyone’s Friday. 

You're saying cold air is becoming a problem that might be more long-term. I mean ya don't have to hold back, lol (watch out when PSU starts using exclamation points, folks) Your warnings last year are part of the reason why I've gone more doom and gloom for future snow. Yet somehow...that's not a logical reaction? :rolleyes:

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9 minutes ago, CAPE said:

Where did I say you should be optimistic about the chances of seeing even mean snowfall? I have told you several times that 'expecting' median is more realistic.

Maybe not so much you...but the rest if the board trolling me for being pessimistic about future snow prospects as if it's not logical. I don't get that...My opinions are largely goin' off of what I hear from y'all!! (particularly the more knowledgeable posters). That and my own eyes from what's happened post 2016.

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45 minutes ago, Maestrobjwa said:

You're saying cold air is becoming a problem that might be more long-term. I mean ya don't have to hold back, lol (watch out when PSU starts using exclamation points, folks) Your warnings last year are part of the reason why I've gone more doom and gloom for future snow. Yet somehow...that's not a logical reaction? :rolleyes:

Fair question.  I think its a combination of a few things.  You take what we all see happening and know and go the extra mile.  Its a simple fact that snowfall averages have been on the decline in the DC area for the last 100 years.  The median is on the decline also.  The odds of a single digit snowfall winter are going up.  Its getting warmer.  All those are facts.  We all know that.  But you seem to say it like its some kind of new revelation every time.  

Second, and maybe this isnt accurate, but at times you seem to take it a little too far.  Acting like its never going to snow again.  (that is an exaggeration on my part) We are losing snow on the margins.  We will have more single digit snowfall years.  But we will get another HECS at some point.  We will probably still get a couple snowy winters every decade.  IMO where climo is degrading and hurting us most is in the non good winters.  I think a lot of winters that might have been 15-20" struggle to about 10" now.  Or a winter that would have been 10-15" is 5-10" now.  We are losing snowfall in marginal setups and some winters thats all we get.   But that doesn't mean it wont ever snow again. 

Lastly, you tend to find these "trends" that arent really trends and then when they, predictably, fail to repeat you get discouraged like that is another sign climo is getting worse.  Well climo IS getting worse but the fact we went an extra year or two without some overly specific snowstorm total isn't really the best way to measure that.  

 

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