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Our forum clearly know the whos who on the board, from warmies, storm chasers, to snow hounds. The last part is really all of it in a nutshell, yet every year, we hav to have this dialog. While newbies have to figure out "how we roll", the ones that have been here forever should just do exactly what you state, and respect those of us who are now in "our time". Snow is much harder to get than warmth, and EVERYONE here knows it, and for us snow lovers, trackin snow and winter landscapes mean a lot to us. Most of us don't wish it cold in July. We just know better and let the warmies have their time....

Ice fishermen reporting 8-12" depths in general. Probably more in the cold spots. I'd have to think the ponds even in eastern MA would be plenty safe, but who knows these days. It's like night and day, in temps and mindset.

jelly, all the old heads agree as to the goated status of 78/79

our boy josh really is the ultimate head for our subforum, absolutely savors every bit of snow he is given

The 49ers are last in the league at generating sacks so Hurts "should" have time. And their run D isn't all that stellar either so Barkley "should" get some yards. If they can't generate points Patullo needs to be canned and the offensive play calling revamped... Birds 3 point favorites...

26 / 21 cloudy. Snow showers the next 2 - 3 hours. Warmer starting tomorrow with 50s by Thu in some spots continuing through what looks like a wet saturday which could be the warmest day near or to 60 for some warmer spots. Trough swings through by the 12th and the period 13 - 20 looks to net a near / slightly below normal with perhaps colder period building in after towards the 20th. 1/5 : Cold / snow showers 1/6 - 1/11 : Warmer than normal - warmest 1/8-1/10 with rain Fri-Sat 1/12 - 1/20: Near - below normal 1/21 - beyond : Looking below normal

Keeling curve has an extremely high (r^2 value of nearly 1) to global temps, and it is exponential, not linear. CC is underplayed if anything

Just looking back on met fall and so far this winter, we have only seen one true coastal storm (back in the fall). That probably does not bode well for coastal storm prospects going forward. Normally, the fall storm tracks set the tone for winter. The winters that saw a bunch of coastal storms tipped their hand in the fall with a bunch of coastal storms. There is still no signs of a classic KU pattern taking shape on the long range ensembles. When you add to this the ongoing drought/dry pattern we’ve been in since the tail end of summer, 2024, I’m doubting a sudden flip to a bunch of coastals popping up. The long term trend has definitely been dryness with a very muted southern branch and a dominant and strong northern branch. Could I be wrong and some unexpected anomalous pattern suddenly develops? Sure

brutally sad post, moms are the best, sorry for your loss

idk about wrap about snow chances from the late goofy phase but gfs selling a nice and much needed heavy rain event

Maybe we should have separate central PA threads. Make a warm weather one for people rooting for 70s in January then I’ll know to stay far away from it.

Yeah, it's been amazing. I'd say the best skating since 09/10. We've had good days since then, but not so early and so consistently. Pickup pond hockey is happening all over the valley like we were transported back in time 50 years.

Or maybe you just need to go look. Op and Ens guidance if believable, are looking fine IMO Man6y peeps are just getting back to work to start the year. I'm not postin maps, but verbatim and if verified, the GFS would have several chances of snow and ens pattern would support it. Tellies arent too bad, but not sure the big trough in the east is going to lock in.

To be completely fair - My first love when it comes to weather is snow. A close second is winter in general. And that is likely why MOST of us are here... This is; however, the American Weather forum. It is not solely about winter weather. There is a very active tropical thread that has the "hot" tag during every US tropical threat/event. Others are here for Severe weather...there are a couple in the MA thread that almost exclusively post only during the spring/summer storm season. I'll add here that I enjoy tracking weather events that are not snow producers in our area...one of the greatest storms I've tracked in my lifetime was Sandy. I just want to make sure that we all respect what each person happens to enjoy. I will also say that complaining about winter weather won't gather much sympathy since most here are rooting for just that. Including cold weather.

I will take the cold over " warm" all day long! ...at least it feels like winter when it is cold..

I'd love to have a poll, or chart of everyone's age that participates in the forum discussion here. I'm pretty sure it would tell us a lot about what people expect regarding snowy VS non snowy winters. Sure CC likely has some effect, but so do average cycles. The "it's never going to be like it was" is SO overplayed... likely by youngsters

I hope so may need to go chasing this year.

So much Doom and gloom in here. I'm really not too concerned. We've been through this before and will go through it again. All it takes is one great storm to bring the morale back up for everyone. And, as you're all aware, we could get a storm that comes out of nowhere where everything falls right into place. It's rare to get a perfect or even a great season, so if we keep our expectations lower, it will make having a bigger event even more exciting. I still believe it will happen this season ( as I'm holding the mud in my left hand for my face ). Lol

Well, broke the streak, lol. Low was 21.9 degrees about 6 am, currently 24.0/22.1 at 8:30 am with high cirrus in the sky.

I’m hearing a lot of hype for the second half of January after the relaxation period. You nailed the early January period being a bust back when it was being hyped up, so I’m curious to hear your take on the second half of the month.

lol I know. Just have to laugh at this point. Maybe next season injuries won’t be our downfall.

I'm just happy that we've avoided torchmas. Was a nice holiday period w/ a feel of winter, and many locals have some or decent snow to boot (norther westers). Looks like we get a thaw this week before temps come back down and we get more chances at white gold

Good riddance COL around here is way too high to make this tolerable on a persistent basis.

Warm and green is where it's at. F*ck this cold and snow shite.