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December 2022 Medium-Long Range Disco


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9 minutes ago, nj2va said:

WRT to the Friday/Saturday deal, Euro with some mood flakes and maybe some slushly accumulations for favored areas (10:1 show accumulation but temps are above freeing).  I'd even take some snow TV that doesn't accumulate for festive purposes.

Saw that! Bring it! 

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44 minutes ago, psuhoffman said:

@WxUSAF watch the EPS go the other way now 

Wouldn’t shock me in the least

37 minutes ago, CAPE said:

Seeing +Height anomalies in the HL regions(not the norm) is always better than the inverse. We have something to work with. 

Yes. GEFS still scours Canada free from most cold air, but that H5 look is light years better than it’s inverse.

34 minutes ago, CAPE said:

I looked at the NPAC jet on all 3 global means this morning and the EPS and GEPS were similar(more extended). Looks like GEFS may be playing catchup this time.

Yeah, I had to eyeball it as TT has no forecast trend plots for 250mb winds, but looked like a noticeable extension and strengthening after D7-8 on the 12z vs earlier runs.

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WRT to the Friday/Saturday deal, Euro with some mood flakes and maybe some slushly accumulations for favored areas (10:1 show accumulation but temps are above freeing).  I'd even take some snow TV that doesn't accumulate for festive purposes.

Encouraging to see the “event” live after an off run or two and while the other models trend a bit colder. Still got 4 days to will something a little more interesting to happen.
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1 minute ago, North Balti Zen said:

I always assume when there are two different camps that one won't completely cave to the other, but rather that they will end up meeting somewhere in the middle. Which...would not be optimal. 

Maybe maybe not. The EPS pattern shown by @DarkSharkWX is “good” not “great”. More -EPO than +PNA and the ridging in the NAO is not a true block. But still a -AO. I’d certainly take it. 

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WRT to the Friday/Saturday deal, Euro with some mood flakes and maybe some slushly accumulations for favored areas (10:1 show accumulation but temps are above freeing).  I'd even take some snow TV that doesn't accumulate for festive purposes.

GFS is incrementally better… baby steps.

Maybe also worth noting the 18z NAM at 84 (I know) is running a general 3-4 degrees C colder than the GFS at the same time. Not sure the NAM would’ve gone anywhere super interesting regardless but there is room for a widening of the snow TV range. RGEM is even colder.
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One reason today's afternoon EPS was worse than 0z is due to the placement and strength of the Aleutian low. Comparing 12z to 0z, we see that the Aleutian low in 12z is weaker and further west. A stronger + further east Aleutian low allows for a more poleward western ridge to setup, and along with the -EPO and -NAO/-AO, allows for cold to press on the EC and gives us the great look.

Note: The 12z EPS today is certainly not bad at all, and is still a good look, just not as good as previous runs and not the "textbook" setup.

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As @Weather Will shows there, 18z GEFS maintains more or less a similar look to 12z but more emphasizing the -EPO vs +PNA. All 3 ensemble systems have the -EPO in place by D8.   D8 has more or less been our can kick point so that’s encouraging. Deeper into the runs they all get a cross-polar flow look as the EPO ridge goes across the AO domain. That will recharge Canada with very cold air if it happens eventually.

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2 hours ago, NorthArlington101 said:


GFS is incrementally better… baby steps.

Maybe also worth noting the 18z NAM at 84 (I know) is running a general 3-4 degrees C colder than the GFS at the same time. Not sure the NAM would’ve gone anywhere super interesting regardless but there is room for a widening of the snow TV range. RGEM is even colder.

Yeah, really wondering what they di with the gfs upgrade. Makes you curious to whether they felt there was still a cold bias and adjusted to that too much. 

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4 minutes ago, Daniel Boone said:

Yeah, really wondering what they di with the gfs upgrade. Makes you curious to whether they felt there was still a cold bias and adjusted to that too much. 

I can’t find the link right now but apparently they did adjust gfs in the recent upgrade to account for temps in marginal setups (e.g. overly cold previously).

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GFS is incrementally better… baby steps.

Maybe also worth noting the 18z NAM at 84 (I know) is running a general 3-4 degrees C colder than the GFS at the same time. Not sure the NAM would’ve gone anywhere super interesting regardless but there is room for a widening of the snow TV range. RGEM is even colder.

No “storm” is also an option lol — 00z NAM says what system
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As it looks now, the colder air will come in behind the mid month storm, which at this point looks like a mild rainstorm. Still a week out and there are hints on the ops and ens that it could morph into something a bit more favorable, but most likely outcome is rain for our region, with upslope snow for the western highlands on the backside. Once the colder air is in place and the the thermal boundary is south of the area, there should be some trackable waves leading up to Xmas. For all the reasons we have discussed over the past couple days with the pattern evolution, the airmass- at least initially- will likely be somewhat colder than average for the EC. The Canadian model is probably too cold- it has a stronger more classic -NAO look for a time beyond mid month, quite different from the EPS and GEFS. Good news is snow climo is improving the last third of the month. Personally I am rooting for something simple- a more modest wave tracking along the boundary vs something that amps up.

The key to a favorable pattern for the last half of December imo lies on the PAC side at this point. We need a -EPO, and at least a neutral PNA period. The NAO will initially be quite negative, although probably never close to the true block of our hopes and dreams, but trending towards neutral by the end of the month.

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