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January Medium/Long Range: A snowy January ahead?


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3 minutes ago, psuhoffman said:

Here is an example of a close cold enso pattern match, the MECS from 2006

48 hours before

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48 hours before our current threat

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The biggest problem here is the NS wave is not timed up with the STJ, its getting out ahead of it.  If that was fixed this has the same potential. 

Can you pretty please fix it. 

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2 minutes ago, Stormchaserchuck1 said:

I've said this before though - It's ok that the South, like Texas, Oklahoma etc get a snowstorm out of this. The pattern changes quickly from the -48hrs to the time of the storm. We have no high pressure to the north.. By the time the coastal makes it off of OC, we will be above freezing. 

But the pattern in the pacific you are referring too evolved the exact same way in 2006.  The difference was the NS SW dove in behind the STJ wave and dug the trough better than most guidance is doing now that suggest the NS and STJ waves will be out of sync.  The rest of the pattern is nearly identical.  Especially the pacific which is specifically what you were talking about. 

Day of storm 2006

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Day of Threat now

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8 minutes ago, psuhoffman said:

Here is an example of a close cold enso pattern match, the MECS from 2006

48 hours before

compday.ArcbILs2kt.gif.d08d82c121ecd746bc48ee86c7ddd4ce.gif

48 hours before our current threat

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The biggest problem here is the NS wave is not timed up with the STJ, its getting out ahead of it.  If that was fixed this has the same potential. 

So if we're talking about a timing difference...I'm wondering if there's a scenario where the models don't resolve that until the pieces are here on like Wednesday.

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1 minute ago, psuhoffman said:

But the pattern in the pacific you are referring too evolved the exact same way in 2006.  The difference was the NS SW dove in behind the STJ wave and dug the trough better than most guidance is doing now that suggest the NS and STJ waves will be out of sync.  The rest of the pattern is nearly identical.  Especially the pacific which is specifically what you were talking about. 

Day of storm 2006

Day of Threat now

Yeah it's pretty close - I don't like that we have high heights out ahead of the trough with this storm. Make a composite of 15 GOA or -PNA ridges, and 13 or 14 times it evolves too warm for us to have snow.. it is close to the coldest time of the year, but we need a better pattern imo. 

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Chuck, you're right a ridge there is not ideal, but if we couldn't get a snowstorm in that look we would almost NEVER get them in cold enso seasons or with a -EPO.  We do sometimes get lucky with this exact kind of evolution, if we have a -AO and -NAO.  It's not the ideal perfect HECS look no, but its about as good as we get in a cold enso season with a -PDO.  It's still negative just not as much so.  We do get snowstorms in a -PDO, its just harder. 

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3 minutes ago, psuhoffman said:

Chuck, you're right a ridge there is not ideal, but if we couldn't get a snowstorm in that look we would almost NEVER get them in cold enso seasons or with a -EPO.  We do sometimes get lucky with this exact kind of evolution, if we have a -AO and -NAO.  It's not the ideal perfect HECS look no, but its about as good as we get in a cold enso season with a -PDO.  It's still negative just not as much so.  We do get snowstorms in a -PDO, its just harder. 

ENSO is just a mover of the Pacific pattern, not something that trumps it. Wavelengths at our latitude make the difference, so you would be more accurate measuring +PNA or -PNA events for snowstorms. It does also connect with the STJ though, but you still need cold, and it's just not coming or "reloading" from now to the time of the storm. 

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8 minutes ago, psuhoffman said:

But the pattern in the pacific you are referring too evolved the exact same way in 2006.  The difference was the NS SW dove in behind the STJ wave and dug the trough better than most guidance is doing now that suggest the NS and STJ waves will be out of sync.  The rest of the pattern is nearly identical.  Especially the pacific which is specifically what you were talking about. 

Day of storm 2006

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Day of Threat now

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If I remember correctly it was the JMA that first sniffed out the 2006 storm. Thundersnow and foot of snow here in NOVA. It was a lucky break in otherwise uneventful winter. 

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1 minute ago, stormtracker said:

So its a positive change, but still appears as though the northern vort will run out ahead, but it did take a step toward a stronger diggier northern vort. There is more interaction than 18z, but not not as much as the GFS

So basically that interaction there is the panel where we kinda know how the rest of the run goes after that?

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