Itstrainingtime

GFS is fugly. Hope it's wrong. I hope after the upcoming thaw we can get back in the freezer by the end of the year. I know a lot of people hate dry and cold...I get it, but I hate warm when it's supposed to be cold. God knows we have many months of warm weather.

That matches up very well with the report I got from my friend here at work - he is just north of Rt. 6 and I want to say about 8 miles south of Coudersport? Edit: I see that Rt. 6 sort of runs through Coudersport...well, he said he's just north of Rt. 6 but he also said he's in the middle of nowhere...so maybe 8 miles east or west.

What's the current snowpack where you go?

Ukie looks solid for those who've been on outside looking in so far this season.

Loving all of the wintry scenes being posted. So far I'm living vicariously through them.

It is...but I don't like being near the southern edge...

I laughed.

I have a colleague who returned to the office yesterday from Potter County - said he left with just about 10" OTG and had a low the other morning of -16.6. He wanted to know if that was cold enough to prompt me to wear a jacket.

I just want to say that you have a knack for taking pictures that captures the true essence of the season in which you're taking them. This is another beautiful shot.

I would be thrilled with a 2-4" advisory event with a couple of cold days to follow. December snow is my favorite.

Rain and 37 here at the office. 34 at home with some sleet mixing in.

Sunday's potential is showing some signs of coastal enhancement in eastern PA - have to admit, I don't hate this look:

He probably is but it also goes directly against his Winter Outlook which was for the worst of winter to occur between mid December and mid January...

Well...yuck: @MUweather I'm becoming convinced that this persistently cold pattern ends by the middle of next week. The MJO may just stay in the COD & have very little influence on the pattern over the next few weeks. The SPV will also rapidly strengthen after mid-month & remain strong in Jan. Additionally, ensemble models show a major retraction of the Pacific Jet between ~Dec 17-22. As a result, a massive Bering Sea ridge develops & stays in place for weeks. The Bering Sea ridge often precedes an eastern U.S. warmup & flareup of the Southeast Ridge by 6-10 days.

I can't, I only saw some very light rain/sprinkles as I mentioned earlier. Also - there is ZERO ice on the river from Columbia the entire way down to TH. Nothing. Not even on the banks. I was surprised given the reports up in the Harrisburg area.