Stormlover74

I don't really remember what the pattern was like in December 1990 except it was a mild month and got cold just before Christmas. The morning of the 27th 1 to 3" was still being forecast for that night and they bumped it up to 3 to 6 that afternoon and of course we ended up with 6 to 8 with a little sleet on top and then the warmup began the next day. It was a very nice event for the Ohio valley

13 years ago I posted on Facebook that our post Christmas storm was going out to sea. Little did we know what would happen just 24 hours later

I was excited for last March. I'll get excited when something shows up on the models and is still there 5 days later

Other forums (which shall remain nameless) are overrun with weenies.

Sorry but this does not sound overly enthusiastic until at least mid to late January Larry Cosgrove: Merry Christmas. Now if we could just make the weather seem more in season! Contrary to media opinion, there is cold air out there, plenty of it. Not the harsh sub-zero stuff of legend, mind you. But enough to remind you of the calendar date, that it really is winter. Many in Canada and the USA will feel more chill through the next two weeks as storms break down the existing pattern. Snow will increase over the Intermountain Region, as well as around the Great Lakes and Appalachia. And around New Year's Day, some of the "white gold" may find its way into the northern Interstate 95 corridor. Ridging over western and northern Canada may help with cold air drainage into the lower 48 states. The 500MB forecasts show an immense disturbance and trough progressing out of the West on January 6. I suspect that this is the "grand finale" for this evolving pattern. If the ECMWF/GGEM scenario holds, many of you in the snowless Great Plains and Midwest, and possibly the Northeast, will get a genuine winter storm. However, as the high-latitude ridge complex collapses as we enter the second week of the new year, a strong warm-up will likely ensue across the nation from west to east. Keep in mind that with a stratospheric warming episode entering the Arctic Regions, and the breakdown of El Nino revving up, the second half of January and much of February could mean a "winter revival in much of the continent. It's not over 'til it's over...

I don't think we're down. I think most are cautiously optimistic. Way too soon to get excited though

Gfs is coldish about 8 days out. Nothing frigid but cold enough at least

Pretty sure that is Joe

Smart forecast

Yeah I remember driving west and hitting snow in PA and OH in early December that year

The 80s averaged closed to 20" a season at central park

Only through December 19th

Gfs had the cold beginning around the 29th now it's the 1st. Let's see in a few days if it's still there or pushed back to the 4th

Yeah can we get some cold and snow first before talking about the post thaw period

He hyped last year too

Last Feb 28 some places managed that. I think I had 2.4

Just wait for the newsletter

Unless it's 92 and we have to wait til mid March

I'd go with the Ventus 4.0 Blizzard https://www.demaclenko.com/snow-guns/fan-guns/ventus-4-0-blizzard/

exactly

Cold turkey

97/98 everybody drink!

But in a newsletter