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I missed most of this one, but it was very cold so the entire 2” or so stuck to the pavement making it very slippery. Previous systems were wetter on the pavement and mostly slush rather than ice.

Heard some reports that Jay Peak was a bit wind affected following the squalls on Thursday. That fierce northwest flow deposited a ton of snow downwind in what is usually the deepest locale in New England. I was confident depths would be good, and a thorough exploration on Saturday found conditions that exceeded my expectations. The whole zone is wide open for the taking, though some danger still lurks with a smattering of open drainages poking through. Up high, tight tunnels transitioned into spacious gladed gullies choked with powder. Bushwacking and bootpacking into a zone famous for it's felonious past yielded a skied off chowder experience. When the forest closes back in on the scar, prior traffic disappears into an extensive menu of deep lines that open up among powder plastered conifers and hardwoods. I've never been to Japan, but I imagine this is as close as the East Coast can get visually. Hard to believe it was December 6th South of I-89, it is a different world. MRG managed to get the single going, but rock skis are an absolute necessity. If you're willing to take a few shots to your skis, conditions were actually pretty ripper up high with tons of funky low tide features. Chute was especially sporty, with a double (or triple) drop that was teed up right under the lift.

I'm guessing mid 20's for the ATL lows.

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That big warm blob near Alaska is nuts. And AK has had a swarm of earthquakes the past week. That may kill the Iditarod if they can't build up enough snowpack by March! Looks like a huge lake-effect thing going on by Erie, the rest of NW PA & SW NY! Bottomed out at 26 this morning but it did get up to 42 as a high, where it later clouded up. Currently 34 with 29 dp.

This has got to be the stupidest thing Harbaugh has done in his ENTIRE tenure here. Letting a dude play on the basis on him being "your guy" like an adopted son, and the heck to how detrimental he is to that line...is stubbornness beyond belief.

18z GFS not far from something good next Sunday/Monday.

Some times, These little critters bite.

Basically, the December 1995 pattern would repeat later that winter, but with better climatology in place for cold air to make it to this latitude and hold. IMBY(not the folks at elevation), we are fighting climatology every step of the way right now. It eases up after Dec 10th or so, and becomes more favorable with each day. When I first started tracking, I rarely tracked during the first 20 days of December. But if this pattern were to repeat during the second half of winter, I think the cold presses more. Now, the STJ is inactive...so northern stream systems are gonna have to do the trick. I still think we have a shot to score before this breaks just short of Christmas. One caveat, this may not break down before Christmas. Some MJO plots are stalled through the end of the month and into early January on the left side of the MJO. Also, modeling tends to break down patterns a bit too early. That said, a New Year's thaw seems realistic. If it is twenty below w/ five feet of snow...you can look back on this comment and thank me for it!

Temp is 33 and steady (if light) snow. Not amounting to much given the marginal temps, but it sure beats 38 and rain. Maybe some of this energy makes it over the hills?

Currently 34.9 IMBY, 33 at Newport News International Airport like 2 miles west.

What could go wrong [emoji1783]? .

Play of the week

Yesterday, the forecasted high was 50 and I only got up to 42.

The Euro Weeklies this evening strongly hint at a 95-96 type of progression. Warmup around Christmas. Cold returns mid-Jan or just after. That also fits the pattern of recent winters. The good thing about all of this...eastern portions of the forum have missed w/ the second cold shot during recent Nina winters. I doubt that happens this winter. I think the cold in later January pushes to the coast. Just a hunch.

It dont look very cold cold to me in the long range,this is in part due to the Walker Circulation ,when you see these strong EWB'S this strenghtens the Walker circulation and pushes the Jet Steam the jet more Northward in winter time during LaNina,in summer time we can see droughts in our parts,which is what we seen this summer,this is what you seem to be seeing right now with the ensembles long range

Forecasted high 54, actual high 45. Clouds hung tight. Low was 31.

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This is money time for snow . Dec 1 - Feb 15. After that it loses the appeal . Each day and week is one less to enjoy winter before spring season. Regardless of if it can snow into Morch . It’s not nearly as enjoyable

The previous seasons do not help, I think most of it is rooted in that. That’s how I was for a while in the 2010s when SNE was pulling bombs left and right. 12-24” grew on trees it felt like 2010-2015 down there and we couldn’t do 6+ in a single event. Even 2015-16 sucked overall (all-time bad up north) but CT was getting stripes of 15-inch events through the heart of the state. We’ve all been there. It ebbs and flows.

Remember, in November it usually takes a Stratosphere warming +30-35 days to impact the NAO (-NAO). Based on CDC reanalysis maps, I'm saying Nov 21 was the first day of 10mb warming. Here it is to Dec 5: Not real strong.. I'd say a 4-5/10 warming, but 11/21 is +35 days -- Dec 26, and 12/5 is +30 days -- Jan 5. So watch Dec 26 - Jan 5 for a turn to more -NAO conditions. That isn't on 2-week model progs yet.

Okay I am not an educated person lol

It’s hard to know now because ensembles suck with this pattern. When you look at many of the individual members on days 10-16 you can see they are actually quite cold in the east. We are getting skewing on many ensemble averages by some members that crank raging zonal patterns by trying to place the ridge all the way to the east coast. Probably need to see the WPO go positive in order to have this totally come off the rails

Super foggy out again at 34 degrees .