Not at all. All guidance has been heading this way for days now. I don't think anyone here is surprised. I just think its fitting if it ends this way. There was really never any tangible reason to believe the pattern would be notably different going forward, outside of shorter wavelengths.
Just to expand the futility area a bit, Philly is at 0.3". Their worst snowfall season was 1972-73, recording a trace.
As of now, this winter would rank second, just ahead of 1997-98, with 0.8".
Just looked at some snow obs for down south. 1-4", with a lone report of 5. Mostly in the 1-3 range. Pretty much as expected, except for those buying into the ridiculous NAM runs.
Decent event for them considering the horrific pattern.
Yawn. This h5 look is as bad as we have seen all winter.
Lets just hope we don't get our seasonal flip to a -NAO until June, where the only damage it can do is make things warmer.
Oh yea...just trying to find somewhere to drive. I've given up around here lol
There or Canaan is on my list of possible places to move in the next couple years. Everywhere else is up north. No substitute for latitude. NNE doesn't worry about 12 different indices all being in perfect alignment for snow.
^The problem with this mess of a pattern is it requires a bunch of needle threading to even have a chance. The ultimate fluke. The "better" window was supposed to be just beyond next weekend. Ofc that is now in doubt, as if we didn't know that was coming lol.
A +NAO and a 50/50 high with an amplified upper trough to our west is a disaster. Anyone want to explain to me how this look is full of potential? How could it possibly track underneath?
Unless/until I see lower heights showing up off the Canadian maritimes on approach, this is a goner. It's on to March. Except both the GEFS and the EPS now have a western US trough and a SE ridge lol. What I meant to say was..it's on to Spring.
Just like the GEFS, nothing to see here on the EPS through at least the end of the month. The means have been consistently unenthusiastic about snow chances for this region.
Yeah there looks to be enough cold around, but with no blocking and lots of pieces flying around, comes down to wave timing. It's working out for the SE today. Seems like we are due for a little luck.