That isn't what I want.... you can't win on this board. Call for cold/snow, then you're a biased weenie...call for anyting else, and you hate winter.
Hopefully I am wrong about March...another huge SSW would help if it doesn't send the cold to Shohei Ohtani's hood.
Its like me taking the one day that there was a flurry in December and posting "some torch"...its absolutely idiotic. No one expects anything before mid month....its either one of two things:
1) He is an idiot
2) Just trying to be an ass
Strongly believe its 2.
My second big dog winow from the Outlook in early November was 2/11 to 3/3. I still feel good about that, though it could be argured its a hair early, I guess.
No argument from me on that.....Maybe it runs a few days into March, but I think that will be a relatively nice month in terms of sensible weather. Maybe Raindance is right and there is a cold snap or two, but I am talking in the mean. I don't see a very wintry month.
What is the best site to use for the up to date numerical departures? I never even look at those...I just go by the maps, so if I am off on that, it was not intentional....again, it's all checked in the spring.
So, maybe it's more like +2 to +4 instead of +1 to +3? I use the maps on this site and the complete monthly in degrees F will be out in about a week...but I check it all in May.
https://psl.noaa.gov/data/getpage/
I just approximate based on that map I posted, which isn't the complete month, anyway....but like I said, the final assessment is done in May, when the dust is settled and I have access to all of the maps, etc.