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1 minute ago, WinterWolf said:

For sure.  Very wintry out there now, and has been for the holiday season too. Looks, feels and seems like it should for late December, and now for the very start of January in a lot of places.  

I get that some are irritated, but we need to roll with it like always. We have NO idea what is really going to happen and that's part of the fun. Look at what models showed a few days back huge blocking etc. They recalculated like a crappy Garmin GPS and will again. Into what... stay tuned LOL. Wasn't it somewhere around 2015 where we didn't have any sign of winter until near mid January and then we were off to the races

3 minutes ago, weatherwiz said:

I can see why the frustration is there but it really is only January 2. If we were in a strong EL Nino regime then I would probably be in the camp of throwing away the rest of winter, however, I don't see any strong arguments or data that can make one say with a high level of confidence the remainder of winter is cooked. Sure, December could have been better as a region given how cold it was with the constant shot of Arctic airmasses, but what's the correlation to increased snowfall and storms with Arctic airmasses? I would wager not particularly high...those airmasses are usually quite cold and dry and more often than not, any bigger storms precede the Arctic air. 

We are also just beginning to enter peak climo which I would presume most receive the majority of their seasonal snowfall between mid January and mid February (obviously different the farther north you go). Yeah places finished under climo in December for snow but its not like December is a massive snow month in the climo department. Whatever negative departures a location has from not meeting December snow quota can easily be made up in January. 

This milder pattern we're about to enter, may not be a bad thing. Let's reshuffle things up a bit and go from there. There is nothing indicating this mild stretch is something that will be prolonged. 

Agreed 100 percent. And while we have it where we have it, lets enjoy the wintry appeal that we have in many of our viewing areas right now. There's been more white ground here so far than like the last 8 years

1 hour ago, mahk_webstah said:

Perhaps not.  I mean sure for the next 5 to 7 days maybe probably. But after that, maybe not so boring.

It could be, but those living by the operationals and quoting output two weeks out are just asking for disappointment one way or the other. Of course there's the one on here who only shows up to twist the knife about the warmth...

9 hours ago, kdxken said:

It's a weather forum. Weather is a year round kind of thing. And I do like snow just not in 2 inch and dusting increments.

Before this place became the new EFFyouweather forums, you (and a couple others) would have been 5 posted or more. WTF happened to that anyway??

10 hours ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

I just didn't want lure Wolfie into reiterating how enjoyable it was for him.

Then I guess I will Maybe not "great" but far better than any recently. I never expect December to produce, so that's a big plus... for me. 9 degrees this a.m. I didn't clear the driveway either... too lazy after a 2 a.m. new years eve

Half inch in Westfield last night 

Just now, DavisStraight said:

Growing up we had one of those and we had a light with that oscillated 4 colors.

I have that to go along with my tree. The Evergleam company called it the Sata-Lite. I'm not a huge fan of the color wheel but keep it for the Vintage aspect. What looks amazing is shooting an LED spotlight up through the base of the tree along the center of the trunk. It reflects through the aluminum and it almost looks like snowfall on the ceiling

Just now, Damage In Tolland said:

We cut ours day after Tgiving and by now it’s as brittle as Scooter after another winter rainer. Needles fall off as you walk by.. not to mention fire hazard. My wife likes it up till at least NYD so I lose that one . Probably will be this weekend 

I always forget about the real tree thing. I've been running vintage artificial trees for years. You should look into one of the early 60s aluminum trees, it makes the living room look like an ice storm has passed through

1 hour ago, dendrite said:

An advisory with this map?

They probably feel like they have to account for the drunk idiots tonight... like they'd even notice an advisory

2 hours ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Just took down all the Xmas lights on house and bushes. Some semi buried in snow/ice, but with a few snow events over the next week and cold, didn’t want them to get more buried . If only could get the tree out the house today 

Really? Damn, my tree stays up half of January. Actually if I had my way it would stay up until March 1st

1 hour ago, ORH_wxman said:

Need a panic thread. Not sure I can tale the toddler whining much longer. 

Same

30 minutes ago, Great Snow 1717 said:

What was the global warming situation in the 80's???

 

Same as it is now, same as it ever was

1 minute ago, WinterWolf said:

Yes. And that’s how it kind of goes…some aren’t old enough to understand this very simple concept. 

I mean I'm counting my blessings. Thankfully it's just the weather, and we're not reliving the music, fashion and Architectural styles of the time

2 minutes ago, Great Snow 1717 said:

...can also shift/change and get worse...

Or get better and cycle up and down like a roller coaster like it has been forever. Some of us keep bringing this up, but some of us had to live through the 80s. Same crap different decade

5 minutes ago, TauntonBlizzard2013 said:

I think you can’t just keep explaining multi year and moving on close to a decade as “bad luck”. There is definitely something more going on. Sure, it could Be partially bad luck, but the overall atmospheric picture is obviously one that has made certain snow analogs hostile for this area.

 

At some point, you can’t just bury your head in the sand and have to objectively analyze what’s happening.

We've been here before,  but it's been several decades 

2 minutes ago, TauntonBlizzard2013 said:

I don’t think anyone, anywhere in SNE can be punting any snow prospects. Anything beyond Thursday is a pipe dream. I’m all set chasing fantasy snow 

I hear you.  Out this way we've done just fine... so far. I don't feel the sting yet

I'd rather this evaporate. It's likely to ruin something better

17 minutes ago, Krs4Lfe said:

Welcome to the new normal. The flow is too fast for anything amplified. Too much storminess near the west coast doesn't let anything amplified to crawl up the coast like it used to in the 2010s and 2000s. Even when there is a -NAO so there's enough blocking, the flow is too fast and the northern stream can never phase with southern stream. 

Horse hockey! EDIT: that translates to bullshit for those under 50

35 minutes ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

I don't understand why energy congealing near the east coast ends up being delayed until the Maritimes as a result of the fast flow, but a developing eastern lakes or NYS bomb doesn't end up near the east coast...is there a gap in the flow or something?

You KNOW he's writing a multi paragraph explanation as we discuss

6 hours ago, WinterWolf said:

I wonder if 0z Euro doubles down?  Maybe we(SNE) win if they both can give us a nice big coastal from entirely different patterns….  

Question is, does the blocking show up as some seem to think it will. If it does, It doesn't look like the models are picking up on it yet, except maybe the Euro around the 10th? I guess the GoofusAI is showing some sort of Miller A at that time as well... FWIW

Didn't loose much in Westfield. Temp down to 31 and it's snowing. A dusting in the last 15 minutes 

Super icy drive from Wedstfield to Simsbury this A.M. It looks like it just went above freezing here, still 31 in Granby

22 minutes ago, TauntonBlizzard2013 said:

Snowcover was nice for the 2 days it lasted. Will be a dream tomorrow 

Not here,  it should easily last. So little precip and only a few hours of maybe low 40s. I'd watch for the flash freezes tomorrow afternoon 

1 minute ago, CT Valley Snowman said:

Up to 30.  No cold drainage on a south wind.  Expecting minimal impacts here.  

Hope it happens up this way as well. I have no use for ice. State is out absolutely plastering the treatment down

Some light sleet and freezing rain,  our driveway is already a sheet of ice. Radar looks super paltry, hopefully not much precip overnight. 27 degrees