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December Medium/ Long Range


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9 minutes ago, Terpeast said:

I gotta say that this December is more like the typical December I grew up with as a kid. Seasonably cold, gray, mostly wet, but sometimes flakes in the air. Some years we're good for a couple of inches, but nothing major. So this month has been more in line with that than the torchy ones we've been getting lately. But still not extraordinarily cold/BN. Just about near normal (but BN by today's climate standards).

I was just thinking this the other day, at least for this area.  Yeah, haven't had any snow this month other than maybe a couple of stray flakes.  But to my knowledge, it's been one of the colder Decembers I can remember in awhile.  Not extreme, but some solidly cold days and nights.  Not those nearly 65 degree humid evenings!  In fact, I saw that even DCA is about a degree or so below normal on the month so far.  So if we avoid any torch the rest of the month, I'd have to say it's more in line with a "typical" December than we've seen.

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58 minutes ago, Terpeast said:

I gotta say that this December is more like the typical December I grew up with as a kid. Seasonably cold, gray, mostly wet, but sometimes flakes in the air. Some years we're good for a couple of inches, but nothing major. So this month has been more in line with that than the torchy ones we've been getting lately. But still not extraordinarily cold/BN. Just about near normal (but BN by today's climate standards).

It’s been a nice start to winter here.  MRB is -2.6° for the month with only a few mild days so far.  Should be at about -3.5° heading into Christmas Eve.  Precip has been above normal and it’s already snowed a couple of inches. Happy to see the moisture showing up after such a dry year.

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1 hour ago, Terpeast said:

I gotta say that this December is more like the typical December I grew up with as a kid. Seasonably cold, gray, mostly wet, but sometimes flakes in the air. Some years we're good for a couple of inches, but nothing major. So this month has been more in line with that than the torchy ones we've been getting lately. But still not extraordinarily cold/BN. Just about near normal (but BN by today's climate standards).

Although I only have several 'T's' for snow this month, running about a -2 for temps, feels like Decembers of past. LOVE to have a repeat of this, I went digging when the 2009 thread came back up- my December 2009

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7 minutes ago, stormtracker said:

That has a -3% chance of happening.  

yeah, that won't. But maybe we could Christmas miracle ourselves into something next week -- cold highs to the north sticking around. It won't be pretty, but maybe it isn't a pure shutout week, at least for tracking.

need one of these events to happen at night!

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6 minutes ago, NorthArlington101 said:

yeah, that won't. But maybe we could Christmas miracle ourselves into something next week -- cold highs to the north sticking around. It won't be pretty, but maybe it isn't a pure shutout week, at least for tracking.

need one of these events to happen at night!

This would be my 4th snow event this winter.  We might be teeing up for a January MECS at this point.

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6 minutes ago, Heisy said:

One of the better OP euro runs for the LR…

Has a snow threat NYE and no ridge bridge


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It will be AN after Xmas, but doesn’t seem like a real multi day torch for our area. If we have a really warm day it’s probably with a cutter and fairly short lived.

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10 minutes ago, WxUSAF said:

It will be AN after Xmas, but doesn’t seem like a real multi day torch for our area. If we have a really warm day it’s probably with a cutter and fairly short lived.

Is it just me or has an early early trend for this upcoming winter has been more short term warm-ups and back to cold? (It has been a breath of fresh cold air after seeing the opposite so many years!).

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2 minutes ago, Maestrobjwa said:

Is it just me or has an early early trend for this upcoming winter has been more short term warm-ups and back to cold? (It has been a breath of fresh cold air after seeing the opposite so many years!).

Yeah duration of warm ups have been modest. Although amplitude of warmups still outdoes the cold. 3 airports all just barely BN for the month.

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7 minutes ago, brooklynwx99 said:

GEFS is amazing. notice the open STJ too, true split flow

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Was just coming to post. EPS agrees. Pattern has lots of potential for first weekend in January. Euro op also was showing potential even earlier. 

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1 minute ago, WxUSAF said:

Was just coming to post. EPS agrees. Pattern has lots of potential for first weekend in January. Euro op also was showing potential even earlier. 

big 50/50 showing up trapped by the -NAO. could have something larger showing up around the 6-10th, but that's a ways out there. lots of the pieces seem to be in place. very high confidence in a -EPO, and confidence in a -NAO is increasing by the day

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Just now, brooklynwx99 said:

big 50/50 showing up trapped by the -NAO. could have something larger showing up around the 6-10th, but that's a ways out there. lots of the pieces seem to be in place. very high confidence in a -EPO, and confidence in a -NAO is increasing by the day

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Euro op kinda had my scenario from yesterday with a cutter (although it wasn’t a full on cutter) turn into a confluence source and put a follow on storm on a good track. 

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3 minutes ago, AlexD1990 said:

I'm not an expert AT ALL, bust isn't the ridge axis too far west? I thought we wanted it around ID, not off the coast of OR?

Well, in that panel it gives room for the trough axis to be west of us, which gives waves more room.  Obviously there can be too much room at times.  Everything is a balance.

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