CAPE

A travesty the offense looked so inefficient with so much time to rest players and prepare for an inferior team at home. Lamar won't sniff MVP numbers in this offense, so I guess that works in the favor of the Raven's front office in negotiations. When Caldwell was in the building a few weeks ago, they should have made him an offer he couldn't refuse. He took over for a shitty OC and a struggling offense in mid season once, and they won a SB. Made Flacco look like Joe Montana, and earned him the big payday. A 7-3 record and a fairly easy schedule going forward can lure you into thinking this team can go deep into the playoffs, but it won't happen unless the D is historically good. This offense is not equipped to beat the Chiefs or Bills. Best case is we get Gus and Dobbins back and can dominate on the ground and use the TEs ala 2019. That formula didn't get them far in the post season though.

High of 36 early. Currently 31. Forecast low of 22 tonight, up from 20 in this mornings forecast. We'll see.

It's still November though, and its way too warm for frozen on those maps you posted. It has looked that way for many runs. I guess "cold around" is subjective. It has looked like a possibility of at least some snow for the western highlands on the backside for awhile now, but it's a different world out there.

Ugly win, but a win. Lamar was efficient passing, despite the pass limited offensive 'scheme' of you know who. Good news is the defense is trustworthy again, and might be on the way to being a dominant unit(they will need to be). Bad news- Roman is still the OC, and Stanley appears to have reinjured his twice surgically repaired ankle. Hoping for the best for him.

His offense is all run the ball/control the clock/set up some easy passes. Beyond that.. nothin.

Greg Roman

They need to win this game at home though. This was supposed to be an easy one( lol). Signs of life from the offense might be a good start..

Ravens look flat so far. Playing one game in 20+ days sounds good for getting guys healthy, but maybe not so much for staying sharp.

I have the same sort of 'intuition' you do wrt this Oct being the antithesis of last year, and the pattern for the most part has maintained the tendency to be chilly in the east and for warm periods to not lock in. Ofc boilerplate Nina says we are fighting a trough out west. NA blocking can offset that to a degree but best case is the NPAC ridge is displaced east and poleward more times than not. Give me a -EPO with a neutral AO/NAO and I will take my chances. Recent Ninas have found ways to snow in the MA lowlands with progressive patterns that bring the cold.

Just did a hike at Tuckahoe. Invigorating. Mostly in the woods so the wind wasn't awful. Currently 35.

Yeah I have accepted December is prime Fall weather here. Just give me cool to chilly weather. Love doing outdoor projects and pre Spring yard work now through Xmas. So much better than dealing with warm/humid and bugs.

Because it goes against the Nina background state, which tends to favor convection near the MC.

Latest Euro weeklies were meh too. CFS has an impressive -EPO towards the end of Dec. Patience. Wonder if DT is still woofing about early Dec. He was basing that on the GEFSX lol.

Nice late December-like day today. Hopefully we get a couple in December.

Tonight tho.

Imagine if the reload never comes.

Low of 30. Temp rising a bit early this morning ahead of the cold front. 32 now.

I just took a look at the latest MJO forecast plots heading into Dec, and most guidance has the forcing progressing into phase 7. The Euro ensemble dissipates it there, and appears headed for reemergence back towards the MC. Euro ext keeps it in phase 7(does a loop into and out of COD), GEFS and GEFSX keep it at a decent amplitude and heading towards phase 8. Other guidance is mixed but tendency is into phase 7 then COD. Ideally we want the forcing to progress into Ph 8, 1 to help offset the Nina background state and encourage reshuffling of the Pacific pattern to something more serviceable, with the Pac ridge shifted eastward/poleward over AK.

Almost every "good" pattern we can conceive of is wasted in November. That same pattern in mid Jan into Feb would be impressively cold. Probably bone dry too lol.

Chill. It's just an observation based on current model guidance depiction over the next couple weeks. Not rocket science. If it locks in for the next 3 months, so be it. Everyone will survive.

Low of 27 again.

^excellent post.

Snippet from NWS Buffalo AFD this morning- .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... ...Heavy Lake Effect Snow Continues... Two intense plumes of lake effect snow with snowfall rates of at least 3 inches per hour will continue northeast of the Lakes today and tonight. Thundersnow will remain possible near the lakes through tonight as well as blowing snow with winds gusting to 35 mph. With this update will shift the axis of heaviest snow off Lake Erie a few miles southward. Areas to the north of the City of Buffalo and the airport will likely receive little to no additional accumulation through the day. The heaviest snow will be along a line from Lackawanna and Hamburg inland towards West Seneca and Cheektowaga and Lancaster.

Low of 27. Coldest so far this Fall.

Wrt late next week, trends I see in the last few model cycles, including 0z runs: NS dominant- energy riding over the ridge and dropping SE. Looks like more of a broad lobe of vorticity than a distinct, sharp shortwave. Latest Euro op has a shot of rain Friday with a piece of southern energy running out ahead of the approaching trough. The look on the ens means is progressive pattern/trough positive to neutral, and the trend is coastal low development offshore/a bit too far north for us. Colder air filters in behind. Upshot at this juncture is the prospects look a bit meh for most of us based on current model depiction, but the general look and idea is still there. The western highlands otoh could see a pretty robust upslope event with the passage of that NS vorticity. All subject to change 7 days out ofc, so keep tracking.