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Almost every part of the state now has either/both broken a daytime or an overnight low, maximum temp record this week. Amarillo & El Paso are also included looking at Nexlab data.

Where we want it is usually what we say.

I'm not upset at you at all . The frustration is strictly over the weather....

Hope the warm front ends up in Alpena

8F here. I wonder if the cold air gets trapped like December 2nd. It never got above freezing.

Legit upper air pattern incoming and a bunch of chances to track. That’s really all we should be taking from models this far out. Specifics of a given threat is pointless at this range. If models hold this look for the next week, we have reason to get excited.

MWN +19 and First Lake -14 tells you how fake the cold is.

I really love that Dec 16-17, 2020 blizzard. Getting a 12"+ snowstorm during December is exceedingly rate probably the only time in my life I've seen one around here. Despite those 35-45" reports from that death band I was more than happy with what we got. And those gravity waves at the end were cool as sh*t.

Our area had a sweaty 80 high today.

Are you upset b/c of my earlier post? I am just trying to keep things in proper context/perspective. I don't know what to tell you as to the lame period now. Just one of those things when a certain areas in a period get ripped off, and some more than other even within the same lame period. It happens due to law of averages and large numbers, and in many locations around the world when you consider all that can and can not happen. You can slice and dice things down and find a lot more "screw zones" if you really work at it, and sometimes due to bad luck or random chance, they are going to end up right in your location. I can given you an exceptional example from Woburn. From the 1984-85 to 1991-1992 seasons, my biggest single storm total was only 11". That's really lame for such a long period, considering my location is ideal often for being just staying on the cold side of the coastal front, and a bit of QPF enhancement that occurs sometimes along the 128 area N&W of BOS in many solid nor'easters. You know how common a foot plus in single storms was 1992-93 to 2015-16? It truly that shows how exceptional that lame period was.

How to keep the Gulf of Alaska low from flooding pacific air into the NA continent. Pac jet pumps the Alaskan ridge into steroid range, and sends snow level cold to Florida.

It's cute how you list all of these meteorological milestones in areas where I do not reside, as if that will sway my opinion of my much it's sucked diseased donkey balls where I live.

Monday’s morning commute may suck, but otherwise this is overblown.

When you got boned in both "blockbusters", absolutely. I mentioned January 2024 because I didn't get boned in the January 7th event....I would also take December 2019, and February 2021.

0z Euro....lol

When you consider that both the EPS and GEFS have had a notable -PNA bias/notable warm bias from your area eastward and that all -ENSO -PNA Decs have transitioned to +PNA Jans, these consistently much better pattern maps for mid-Jan are quite encouraging. Just 5 days ago, the EW had this ugly -PNA for 1/12-18:

All of a sudden, this looks like a pretty snowy few days starting on Monday in NE Ohio

It's been lame I know, but just last 5 years, we have had two blockbusters than don't even come close to anything during the lame period 978-79 to 1991-92. I brought these up to CoastalWx recently. Dec 16-17, 2020 Snowfall map attached. 40"+ in a single snowstorm is rather rare in the Northeast and multiple reports. Sanbornton, NH: 42.4" - That is awfully close to the 24-hour snowfall record for the entire state of New Hampshire (49.3" atop Mount Washington, but that's almost cheating at over 6,000 feet). Binghamton, NY: 42.0" (40.0" at the official airport site) - That was good enough for the biggest snowstorm in the city's history! The old record was 35.3" in March of 2017. Binghamton averages about 82" in a full season, meaning they got about half in one day. Williamsport, PA: 24.7" - Another all-time record. And even more impressive, the city known for the Little League Baseball World Series only averages about 35" in an entire winter season. Alba, PA: 43.3" - This is currently under investigation and may end up as a new state of Pennsylvania 24-hour snowfall record. Ludlow, VT: 44.0" and Landgrove, VT: 42.0" - Both may have set new state Vermont 24-hour snowfall records. Jan 28-29, 2022 Snowfall map a attached. BOS 7th biggest snowstorm 24.3 tied record one day total 23.6" PVD 4th biggest snowstorms 19,3" biggest daily snowfall on record 18.8" Max amount 35.7" Bridgewater MA Do we forget so easy? Is an above avg snowfall season better than getting an isolated blockbuster in a below avg snowfall season? That's a matter of preference, but it not like we have lacked true KU classics during this current lame period. It's like the winter of 1996-97, well below avg snowfall for the season in much of southern New England, and then April Fools Blizzard made up for it being one of the most classic storms ever and brought my seasonal snowfall to almost exactly avg. Even CoastalWx I think will agree here!

As soon as I say suppression isn't an issue, the Euro has snow on the beaches.

We were on the fringes of Winter Storm Devin up here in Northern Vermont, but Bolton Valley still picked up 3 inches of new snow from the system to top off the current powder depths. And thankfully, today was much warmer than yesterday – it was 15 F when I arrived in the Bolton Valley Village in the late morning period, which was quite a contrast from yesterday’s 2 F temperature at the start of my ski tour. Today I toured more on the eastern side of the Bolton Valley Nordic & Backcountry Network. I ascended the Bryant Trail up to and around the Bryant Cabin, then headed out on North Slope to catch some glades there with a descent via Gun Sight in the Gotham City area, and I finished off with some of the lower glades near the Telemark Practice Slope. The powder skiing continues to be absolutely fabulous, with the accumulations from Winter Storm Devin coming in around 6% H2O based off my snow analyses in the valley. That meant it topped off the current snow quite well and maintained the right-side-up density gradient in the powder. Between settling and compression from the new snow, total powder depths were about the same as what I encountered yesterday, with 12-15” around the 2,000’ level and 15-16” in the 2,500’-2,700’ elevation range. We’re definitely into the holiday week now, and with the great snow conditions, it’s not surprising that the resort is seeing a lot of visitors. Arriving in the late morning, they were already having people shuttle up from the Timberline parking lots, but thankfully some early morning folks were leaving at that point, and I was able to grab a spot in the second lot for backcountry/uphill skiers. The upper backcountry parking lot was actually blocked off for lessons, and while I was out on my tour I saw a couple of groups out with backcountry instructors, so it’s nice to see that people are taking advantage of the holiday week and the great powder conditions to get out there and become familiarized with backcountry skiing.

It was 86 degrees at my place today. I hope we can get some payback later into January. EPS weeklies definitely looking more promising mid month.

I'll get excited when I'm up to my knees and shoveling without amounts half of everywhere around me.

I was just going by climate sites for a first guess. CON is -2.4" for the season, but they are +0.5" for Dec, so only parts of srn NH.

You should be excited about this upcoming pattern.

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