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Current reality in next 7 days for NYC.  Progressive pattern, lack of enough cold air, unlikely phasing, and no White Christmas. 
 

Today
Partly sunny, with a high near 43. Breezy, with a northwest wind 16 to 20 mph. 
Tonight
Mostly clear, with a low around 27. Wind chill values between 20 and 25. North wind 8 to 17 mph. 
Monday
Sunny, with a high near 39. Wind chill values between 15 and 25. North wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south in the afternoon. 
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 33. Southwest wind 8 to 10 mph. 
Tuesday
Sunny, with a high near 46. West wind 6 to 9 mph becoming east in the afternoon. 
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 35.
Wednesday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 48.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 31.
Thursday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 42.
Thursday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34.
Friday
Partly sunny, with a high near 47.
Friday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37.
Christmas Day
Partly sunny, with a high near 48.
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3 minutes ago, WeatherFox said:

Current reality in next 7 days for NYC.  Progressive pattern, lack of enough cold air, unlikely phasing, and no White Christmas. 
 

Today
Partly sunny, with a high near 43. Breezy, with a northwest wind 16 to 20 mph. 
Tonight
Mostly clear, with a low around 27. Wind chill values between 20 and 25. North wind 8 to 17 mph. 
Monday
Sunny, with a high near 39. Wind chill values between 15 and 25. North wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south in the afternoon. 
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 33. Southwest wind 8 to 10 mph. 
Tuesday
Sunny, with a high near 46. West wind 6 to 9 mph becoming east in the afternoon. 
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 35.
Wednesday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 48.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 31.
Thursday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 42.
Thursday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34.
Friday
Partly sunny, with a high near 47.
Friday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37.
Christmas Day
Partly sunny, with a high near 48.

Hard to get a phase with a negative PNA. 

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1 hour ago, bluewave said:

It’s not a matter of being impatient. We just don’t want to be in the NYC below 3” December La Niña club. Very disappointing to see things getting pushed back now into early January. 
 

 

The new 91-20 climate normals seasonal snowfall in NYC is 29.8”. NYC has never reached 30.0” in a La season with under 3.0” in December since 1950. This must be related to the fact that the good La Niña years for snowfall get off to an early start since they are front-loaded.

NYC December snowfall during La Ninas and seasonal snowfall.

2017…..7.7….40.9

2016….3.2….30.2

2011…..0.0….7.4

2010….20.1….61.9

2008….6.0…..27.6

2007….2.9……11.9

2005….9.7……40.0

2000….13.4…..35.0

1999…….T…….16.3

1998…..2.0……12.7

1995…..11.5…..75.6

1988…..0.3……8.1

1984…..5.5…..24.1

1975…..2.3…..17.3

1974……0.1…..13.1

1973…..2.8….23.5

1971…….T……22.9

1970……2.4….15.5

1964……3.1….24.4

1955…...3.3…33.5

1954…...0.1….11.5

1949……1.5….14.0

1971 would be a good outcome relatively speaking.

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56 minutes ago, SnoSki14 said:

On its face no December snowfall in a Nina is bad but we've seen a lot of things that we've never had before lately. 

Maybe this could be the first time we see 30"+ after 0" in December in a Nina.

Depends what you are looking for to save winter.

Goose egg for Dec plus Sept thru Dec warmth doesnt lead to a good winter especially a Nina setup.

Does one 30 inch historic storm save winter? Like 2015

Or was 2015 a scary island of warmth, with almost no snow outside that storm? That 30 inches melted in one week…which was crazy.

 

 

 

 

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29 minutes ago, bluewave said:

Yeah, the EPS has a big AAM drop forecast in mid-January. We had the steep AO rise in early December with the last drop. The current +AAM rise is giving us the big -AO pattern. So we may need a MJO 7 SSW warming event in the next few weeks to lock in the -AO pattern. Otherwise, we could lose the -AO in mid-January. Plus these big AO swings in recent years have been more common. We can remember discussing how we sometimes get SSWs with a strong MJO 7. But we also discussed the paper on the IO forcing leading to a  +AO. So plenty to track over the next few weeks.


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I look at is as we need to score in the 2 to 4 weeks tht the AO is negative and rely on March (always good in Nina). I honestly believe we have a decent shot at an average snowfall winter.

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CHECK OUT THIS INSANITY.         DESPITE FOREKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE ALREADY +5.8, THE CFS MONTHLY WANTS TO SAY WE WILL FINISH AT ABOUT -2!!!.......and it has been getting colder by the daily run........but it had it right 4 days ago........a finish at +4.            So it is predicting we will rid ourselves of a 104+62 = +166 surplus in just 13 days, 0R A WHOPPING -13!!!! FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE MONTH. !     Patient to WARD 5 and an ECT Overload to be administered STAT.

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7 minutes ago, bluewave said:

Yeah, the EPS has a big AAM drop forecast in mid-January. We had the steep AO rise in early December with the last drop. The current +AAM rise is giving us the big -AO pattern. So we may need a MJO 7 SSW warming event in the next few weeks to lock in the -AO pattern. Otherwise, we could lose the -AO in mid-January. Plus these big AO swings in recent years have been more common. We can remember discussing how we sometimes get SSWs with a strong MJO 7. But we also discussed the paper on the IO convection to the +AO. So plenty to track over the next few weeks.


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Right, absolutely. I've always assumed that the pattern would break around mid month, but that's just a guess. The upcoming pattern, while uninspiring for the rest of this month, is capable of doing damage to the PV. Some runs show that. Ultimately to what degree? Who knows. Not really clear to me how tropical convection is going to behave moving forward currently between guidance either. We're at an interesting point right now. Plenty to monitor moving forward. The other interesting thing is this disconnect between the troposphere and the strat. With blocking in the troposphere as the strat does it's own thing above. Which I find pretty interesting.

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11 minutes ago, CIK62 said:

CHECK OUT THIS INSANITY.         DESPITE FOREKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE ALREADY +5.8, THE CFS MONTHLY WANTS TO SAY WE WILL FINISH AT ABOUT -2!!!.......and it has been getting colder by the daily run........but it had it right 4 days ago........a finish at +4.            So it is predicting we will rid ourselves of a 104+62 = +166 surplus in just 13 days, 0R A WHOPPING -13!!!! FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE MONTH. !     Patient to WARD 5 and an ECT Overload to be administered STAT.

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Good morning CIK62. What’s alarming to me is what the atmosphere would have to do to get to such an unlikely result in 13 days. As always …..

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20 minutes ago, rclab said:

Good morning CIK62. What’s alarming to me is what the atmosphere would have to do to get to such an unlikely result in 13 days. As always …..

The Euro seasonal did a great job with the December and November forecast.

 


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1 hour ago, WeatherFox said:

Current reality in next 7 days for NYC.  Progressive pattern, lack of enough cold air, unlikely phasing, and no White Christmas. 
 

Today
Partly sunny, with a high near 43. Breezy, with a northwest wind 16 to 20 mph. 
Tonight
Mostly clear, with a low around 27. Wind chill values between 20 and 25. North wind 8 to 17 mph. 
Monday
Sunny, with a high near 39. Wind chill values between 15 and 25. North wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south in the afternoon. 
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 33. Southwest wind 8 to 10 mph. 
Tuesday
Sunny, with a high near 46. West wind 6 to 9 mph becoming east in the afternoon. 
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 35.
Wednesday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 48.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 31.
Thursday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 42.
Thursday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34.
Friday
Partly sunny, with a high near 47.
Friday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37.
Christmas Day
Partly sunny, with a high near 48.

Running +5. Quite warm pattern. barring one off stuff, NYC doesnt get snow with +5

 

Edit: And correcting warmer we get closer. Nyc now closing in on 50 for xmas. A few days ago, it was near freezing

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19 minutes ago, jfklganyc said:

Running +5. Quite warm pattern. barring one off stuff, NYC doesnt get snow with +5

 

Edit: And correcting warmer we get closer. Nyc now closing in on 50 for xmas. A few days ago, it was near freezing

You hit the nail right on the head with this post - with "And correcting warmer we get closer. Nyc now closing in on 50 for xmas. A few days ago, it was near freezing"

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High temperatures usually beat expectations when we have a deep trough over the Western US. The longer range forecasts for Christmas underestimated the strength of the SE Ridge. But you could see the risk of SE Ridge from the strong -PNA even though the models didn’t show it 10 days ago.
 

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5 minutes ago, bluewave said:

High temperatures usually beat expectations when we have a deep trough over the Western US. The longer range forecasts for Christmas underestimated the strength of the SE Ridge. But you could see the risk of SE Ridge from the strong -PNA even though the models didn’t show it 10 days ago.
 

New run

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Snowy gfs run for Christmas for SNE.  CMC also has a storm along with the euro but it's further north. The NAO will be negative . I wouldn't be shocked to see that storm shift south but if it doesn't, the pattern gets better afterwards. 

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1 hour ago, donsutherland1 said:

Morning thoughts…

Clouds will break from west to east as the day progresses. Temperatures will only rise slightly as colder air pours into the region. High temperatures will likely reach the upper 40s and perhaps lower 50s in most of the region. Likely high temperatures around the region include:

New York City (Central Park): 42°

Newark: 44°

Philadelphia: 45°

Normals:

New York City: 30-Year: 43.3°; 15-Year: 44.1°

Newark: 30-Year: 43.8°; 15-Year: 44.8°

Philadelphia: 30-Year: 45.0°; 15-Year: 46.0°

Tomorrow will be fair but unseasonably cold. Milder air will likely return on Tuesday.

 

Did you mean high temperatures will likely reach the upper 30s and low 40s not upper 40s to low 50s?

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2 hours ago, CIK62 said:

CHECK OUT THIS INSANITY.         DESPITE FOREKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE ALREADY +5.8, THE CFS MONTHLY WANTS TO SAY WE WILL FINISH AT ABOUT -2!!!.......and it has been getting colder by the daily run........but it had it right 4 days ago........a finish at +4.            So it is predicting we will rid ourselves of a 104+62 = +166 surplus in just 13 days, 0R A WHOPPING -13!!!! FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE MONTH. !     Patient to WARD 5 and an ECT Overload to be administered STAT.

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Probably a good time for me to chime in.. I originally, when it first came out, was favorable to the CFS but in the last year or so, I do not see any value in relying on the CFS for any range in winter. If someone has stats that oppose my impression, let ir rip.  Thanks, Walt

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23 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

Snowy gfs run for Christmas for SNE.  CMC also has a storm along with the euro but it's further north. The NAO will be negative . I wouldn't be shocked to see that storm shift south but if it doesn't, the pattern gets better afterwards. 

That was one of the reasons that the original board split into regional forums. There is just too much variation between New England, our area,  and DC to Philly. Some teleconnection patterns favor one area but not the others. It’s always a big win if all 3 areas can do well at the same time.

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3 minutes ago, bluewave said:

That was one of the reasons that the original board split into regional forums. There is just too much variation between New England, our area,  and DC to Philly. Some teleconnection patterns favor one area but not the others. It’s always a big win if all 3 areas can do well at the same time.

Need a nice Miller  A

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4 minutes ago, bluewave said:

That was one of the reasons that the original board split into regional forums. There is just too much variation between New England, our area and DC to Philly. Some teleconnection patterns favor one area but not the others. It’s always a big win if all 3 areas can do well at the same time.

A pattern like this won’t do it. Gradients like this mean Boston can rack up big totals like crazy while we 33 rain (maybe won’t be like that specifically but it will be like that somewhere). That’s why for our sake hopefully the PNA can be at least toward neutral. 

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Just now, MJO812 said:

Maybe in January if the Pacific improves 

Winter didn't even start yet 

Yes winter weather hasn't really  started yet here - meteorological winter started December 1st. Trusting any model past 5 days in this pattern  is a gamble IMO

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24 minutes ago, jm1220 said:

A pattern like this won’t do it. Gradients like this mean Boston can rack up big totals like crazy while we 33 rain (maybe won’t be like that specifically but it will be like that somewhere). That’s why for our sake hopefully the PNA can be at least toward neutral. 

That’s why getting a favorable Pacific is so important for our area. 

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4 hours ago, bluewave said:

The long range EPS takes the forcing back into the IO in mid -January. So it’s uncertain how long that early January forecast  pattern lasts. We’ll probably get some more clues with the weeklies tomorrow.


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I would take any mjo forecast that far in advance with a grain of salt. Even you have said take it two weeks at a time 

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