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January Medium/Long Range: A snowy January ahead?


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4 minutes ago, Eskimo Joe said:

Has the EuroAI even been remotely correct this winter?

Yes, but like all the rest, is not perfect. Heisey seems to follow it closer than I do and he believes it's done very well. Past 240 hrs, imho it's no better than any of the ensembles.  But you know how it goes, they all have hot hands and cold ones, but never know which it is until the forecast period has past.

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27 minutes ago, mitchnick said:

Good, because the 18z EuroAI removed all chances of snow and now looks like the 18z Gfs operational by pushing the boundary off the coast. 

Dude…you need to stop with this. You’ve been at this long enough to know that anything past 5-7 days is prone to huge swings, especially in a non-blocky pattern!

We're going to have plenty of chances coming up over the next month, and we won’t have confidence in most of them more than 3-4 days out. Let’s keep an eye on things but not invest one way or another!

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39 minutes ago, mitchnick said:

Good, because the 18z EuroAI removed all chances of snow and now looks like the 18z Gfs operational by pushing the boundary off the coast. 

It looked like it was about to smoke us day 15. I have no faith in any one wave. There is absolutely no way guidance will pin down the details of any of those discreet boundary waves past day 5 at best. I have more optimism when you take the whole day 9-16 period that we have a good chance one of the likely waves within that period has a decent chance here. 
 

If you are pinning your hopes totally on the first follow up wave around the 20th that’s more likely to fail. My optimism is that one of the waves in the whole pattern coming up will get us. 

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4 minutes ago, mattie g said:

Dude…you need to stop with this. You’ve been at this long enough to know that anything past 5-7 days is prone to huge swings, especially in a non-blocky pattern!

We're going to have plenty of chances coming up over the next month, and we won’t have confidence in most of them more than 3-4 days out. Let’s keep an eye on things but not invest one way or another!

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31 minutes ago, nj2va said:

Somehow I don’t buy that. 

Why is that ?  The I-81 crew hasn’t had a lot of snow so far.  I’m at 8” but I benefitted from a local jack on 12/15.  I can certainly see Stephens City being at 6”.

Poolz in Boonsboro is at 6.75” and Chris78 is around 7” up in Smithsburg.

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40 minutes ago, mattie g said:

Dude…you need to stop with this. You’ve been at this long enough to know that anything past 5-7 days is prone to huge swings, especially in a non-blocky pattern!

We're going to have plenty of chances coming up over the next month, and we won’t have confidence in most of them more than 3-4 days out. Let’s keep an eye on things but not invest one way or another!

Look, I know how the game is played. Point out nothing but positive, and everybody is happy. Point out that there are no guarantees and there are ways to lose, and you're the goat. So what? All options are on the table at this point, including success and failure of the ensembles. I'm as hungry as anyone else for snow, but ignoring credible scenarios that could results in failure has always been part of the discussion and just end in more disappointment should they occur if not discussed. 

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4 minutes ago, Wxtrix said:

 

i've had 7.5" of snow so far this winter.

I get that. But you are north of me. Which has had less so far this winter. He is south. Not to send this thread into a complete tailspin. GFS still has the little event on Thursday/Friday. Still needs to be watched. But looks to favor your area more than mine. 

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37 minutes ago, psuhoffman said:

It looked like it was about to smoke us day 15. I have no faith in any one wave. There is absolutely no way guidance will pin down the details of any of those discreet boundary waves past day 5 at best. I have more optimism when you take the whole day 9-16 period that we have a good chance one of the likely waves within that period has a decent chance here. 
 

If you are pinning your hopes totally on the first follow up wave around the 20th that’s more likely to fail. My optimism is that one of the waves in the whole pattern coming up will get us. 

Like I said earlier, I  believe we need the ridge from the Atlantic into the coast. Everything that I've seen that gives us snow has that. I  believe without that blocking ridge, the risk of sliding to the east or south is great. It's pretty much that simple but it is definitely too early to know. Reporting model runs, whatever they may show, is something we do.

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1 hour ago, nj2va said:

Somehow I don’t buy that. 

He lives in a a rain shadow. A precip killing, dry downsloping hole. I can buy it. Probably does well with big wrapped up coastals with easterly flow when I'm getting rain and sleet.

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