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For those who are complaining about the cold try working on a barge or on the dock on the Hudson today. Today my men were on the dock for 45 min trying to tie up the barge and offload to it. Unfortunately with the strong winds and ice the vessel had trouble getting close enough to the dock. Eventually they were successful. .

Also I would not be shocked if the post PD warmup gets muted like all the other ones have since New Year's.

Jeb Walk

Jebwalk

This pretty consistent

Long range 12z EPS today brings cold back the last week of Feb

We’ve got yet another weekend on our hands with well below average temperatures, and when you’re talking this time of year in the mountains of Northern Vermont… that’s cold. Seeing the forecast, my plan for the weekend had always been to get out Saturday morning to hopefully get in a tour before the frigid air became fully entrenched. The cold came in quickly though, and there really wasn’t much hope in outpacing it today – by the time I arrived up in the Bolton Valley Village, it was already -3 F, and there were brisk winds throwing the wind chill well down into the double digits below zero. Despite the temperatures, the parking lots indicated that there were a good number of visitors, but I was still able to get a trailside spot in the second backcountry lot that let me gear up out of the wind. As of their early morning report, Bolton Valley was reporting just a couple inches of snow from our current system, but once I was out on the trail, I knew that report would be increasing – I was consistently finding a half foot of new snow in previously packed areas that had not yet seen any skier traffic. With just a couple of inches of new snow reported, I was initially debating between going with mid-fat or full-fat skis, but the decision to take out the fat skis was easy when I knew there was still going to be plenty of terrain out there that hadn’t seen a skier in a couple of weeks. Indeed, fat skis were the way to go today; between another half foot of fresh snow on top of the depth of powder that was already out there, it was clearly the call. With no big snowpack consolidation events in recent weeks, the depths of the surface powder just continue to grow. I toured in the 2,000’ to 2,800’ range today, and powder depths in untouched areas were consistently 20 to 30 inches. I toured up past Bryant Cabin onto Birch Loop and Heavenly Highway, and my initial plans to hit some lower-angle slopes on my descent quickly went out the window. With the snow a bit slow due to subzero temperatures, and 20 to 30 inches of powder to slow you down, low-angle slopes were generally off the menu. I stuck to roughly the same tour I had planned down through the Not a Trail area, Gardiner’s Lane, North Slope, Gotham City, and Alchemist, but with the available powder conditions I could dive into the steepest lines I wanted, and those delivered the best turns. So, if you head out into the backcountry around here in the Northern Greens, shoot for steep to accommodate the deep.

Is this the MA forum ?

The AO index has been negative since about Christmas. The AO index isn't calculated based off temperature anomalies, but look at this plot of 1000mb heights over the Arctic Ocean vs Europe. The official calculation of the AO is based on 1000mb height anomalies (close to S.L.P. anomalies,) projected onto a loading pattern and doing the calculus. I would call it a very negative NAO, but the CPC values aren't so negative. And 850mb temperature anomalies in Greenland vs Europe and the USA

It's looking to be short lived, followed by another cooldown that goes into March.

I think the true thaw lasts about a week and by the very end of Feb we’re tracking again. Keep in mind by then though a “typical” regime with snow chances will still be in the 40s or even 50s. We’re probably done with sustained cold after the next few days. Not saying we don’t get some truly cold days. But not weeks of it. But a regime wit a high of 45 when it’s sunny in March can be plenty cold enough to snow

Got 4 degrees here.

Not very many neighbors out enjoying the weather today. Only ones out were clearing their driveways and even then, quickly returned to their warm houses.

I agree with your assessment that the upcoming weekend can still work (snow) before a true thaw takes place and then maybe we reload one more time. At least it does not look like a shut the blind's pattern to me yet.

Even earlier today when it was 17 with wind felt worse than last weekend when it was 0

Furnace can't even keep up with the drafts on our second floor. It's freezing in bedrooms.

Dead on goose

1"

7.7

Hell, I'd be happy with "Near Normal" at this point!

Man somehow Watertown is a rad pit despite being next to Lake Ontario. Went calm and down to -18

Haven’t left my house today. Fire has been roaring all day.

1°/-13° Im over this..

Also Jan 30. Smokin' cirrus on the Bush River.

Jan 30. Little bit of melt in this inlet attracted swimmers.