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January Medium/Long Range: A snowy January ahead?


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3 minutes ago, psuhoffman said:

TLDR version:  the day 15 looks very much like 2014 and 2015.  

i am predicting this winter and next(el nino without the canadian blowtorch) will make winters great again

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6 minutes ago, pazzo83 said:

so - looks like we'll get real winter about once a decade now.

These things still run in cycles... if the AO and PDO are both going through a decadal flip right now (they could be but its too soon to say for sure) maybe we are about to head into a heater.  Of course keep expectations in check...heater periods are not necessarily what they once were, I don't think the 1800s or 1960s are walking through that door anytime soon, but we can probably pull off a run like 2003-2016 again.  

Snowfall is really fluky and we dont always end up with a big number around here even in a "real winter"  2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013 were all "real winters" with periods of sustained cold and some snowfall around our area we just got unlucky and didn't score any flush hits those years.  2003, 2006, 2010, 2014, and 2015 we got the cold and the big snows.  But it felt like legit winter "most" years during that stretch unlike recent years where we spend a majority of the "winter" in a fall jacket.  

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Just a tidbit since I’m bored. Euro Ai is a really good model. Been watching it during all the events so far this winter and it’s really accurate. It seems like the graphics are like smoothed out like the old control, but I’m not exactly sure what goes into it. It’s been pretty steady with Saturday’s event outside minor ticks here and there. It seems all the models trending towards its overall H5 look. I think SE of the cities could be in store for 1-4” event with maybe far SE sections 2-5”.


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To add visuals.  The trough under the WPO is significant and changes the equation.  If there was a ridge there like in recent years feeding a full latitude ridge into the WPO that feeds into a full latitude trough into western N America which of course leads to our out of control SER torches.  This is a different look and is likely related to the relaxation of the PDO which was why that opened the door to significantly better outcomes this winter.  

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1 minute ago, psuhoffman said:

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To add visuals.  The trough under the WPO is significant and changes the equation.  If there was a ridge there like in recent years feeding a full latitude ridge into the WPO that feeds into a full latitude trough into western N America which of course leads to our out of control SER torches.  This is a different look and is likely related to the relaxation of the PDO which was why that opened the door to significantly better outcomes this winter.  

I started beating the desk in November in the La Niña thread that the trough over or near Japan was new and would maintain the trough in the east. Still important to at least keep a ridge out of Japan if not a trough imho. Though not a trough, that 15 day map is close enough to neutral not to hurt us. 

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Just now, Bob Chill said:

Progressive NAVGEM moved towards juicier and closer to the coast. And before anyone asks.... yes, the NAVGEM is an excellent model. But only when it shows what you want

It's crazy that you're saying this, I JUST looked at it and said to myself "well, it has a progressive bias." Weenies sure think alike. I was bored in the downtime between model cycles..

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1 hour ago, psuhoffman said:

EPS 50% snowfall, which btw is a much better indicator than the mean which can be skewed by outliers. It was an improvement over the previous run.  

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Roanoke about to be ingested by the 'claw' or jaws, your choice, and aimed at DC. Amazing how 90% of model snow maps manage to have a similar image.

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30 minutes ago, soadforecasterx said:

There any chance this Saturdays event can be something like Boxing day? Where a last second better phase ends up giving more of a storm? 

Boxing Day was a horrible storm for DC and Baltimore.  It was like 5 hours of the lightest snizzle that accumulated maybe a half an of inch

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Just now, stormtracker said:

NAM kinda looks improved at H5 vs 12z?  I'm bored and desperate yall.  Humor me

if it didnt get stuck in the Southwest for 24 hours....we would have alot less energy holding back. Thats what i think is killing us too

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