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Good question. Don't expect a logical answer.

That's a 10 mb temp anomaly panel. Not very relevant to sensible weather.

12z CMC ens gets the longwave pattern back to a solid look by Jan 1. Temps are even a bit below normal. Probably a little too soon, but majority of guidance is moving towards this in the LR.

0.62" total

Just looked. Somewhat interesting.

The beginning of the advertised pattern change on the extended products is evident at the very end of the latest ens runs. The NPJ is forecast to be (too) extended for the last week of the month, but around NYE there is some retraction that relocates the exit region, so the GoA trough retrogrades while a downstream h5 ridge starts to redevelop. The jet configuration has been shifting, so its hard to say how stable this will be. In general a retracted jet is favored in a Nina, but with the weak nature of it(and tropical forcing) who knows. When it retracts too far westward the characteristic Nina NPAC ridge develops.

Moderate to occasionally heavy rain showers moving through this morning. 0.33 so far

The last few runs of the Euro weeklies are depicting an increasingly colder look for early to mid January. GFSX and CMC weeklies are advertising the same general h5 look for the first half of Jan. All 3 are hinting at +heights building into the NAO space.

I must have missed it.

MVP is a regular season award. His playoff record is not great at this point, but it is a team game. Lamar threw a perfect pass to Flowers who fumbled the ball going into the end zone early in the 4th quarter of the AFC championship game. If he scores there the Ravens have all the momentum and the crowd is going crazy, but instead it was deflating. There is no excuse for purposely designing a game plan where the RBs have 6 total rushes, against a defense that was mediocre against the run(and great defending the pass.) The Ravens were the top rushing team in the league. McNabb..no lol. Come on now. Good QB. Not comparable to Lamar.

Allen is great. He could win it. The Ravens did blowout the Bills 35-10 the 4th game of this season though and Allen was awful, but that probably doesnt mean much at this point. If the Ravens keep averaging -100 yds in penalties they will be a quick out in the playoffs.

STUD

Yeah 2 great late games.

They are dominating so far. Largely escaped the 2 turnovers.

He is awful.

Ralph wtf? Why is your team being so generous here?

Ravens must beat the Steelers next week at home. Unacceptable how they keep playing sloppy and losing close games to their bitter rival. They better be ready to play this time.

Alright Eagles, I wanna see that dominant D line put a beatdown on Russ. So far so good.

If he ever gets a concussion or something and can't come back in a game, the Ravens are in trouble. Hard to believe they couldn't find a better backup than Josh Johnson.

Hard to forgive him after only 6 called run plays to RBs in the AFC championship game. They literally played to the strength of the Chiefs D.

Monkon doesnt really like to run. He wants Lamar to throw for 5000 yards. They will run late if they have a lead. Your Eagles going to be sharp today? A bit of selfish whining going on there.

Offense is doing ok so far, minus Lamar fumbling on the first drive. This should be an easy win, but the Ravens cant seem to not shoot themselves in the foot.

A penalty laden drive to give the Giants a TD is so Ravens. A feature of John Harbaugh coached teams.

Someone might need a timeout because they cant help themselves.