Eric Webb:
This is the first time all winter that I’ve seen a pattern that has legit potential to produce significant wintry weather in the southern tier of the country. (Mainly talking about near-just after mid-January)
It’s still a long shot even in a good pattern, but the ingredients are there.
For ex, to get a good storm in the south, you typically like to see the southern edge of the snowpack over the CONUS get down to about the I-70 corridor or so. This is generally what the EPS is forecasting here