GFS done gone bowling. Is that a noreaster? I've heard tell about those sort of storms from the old timers but haven't experienced one in recent years.
JB also just posted about the Dec 8-15 period. Might as well stick a fork in it.
Natural gas prices could get pretty expensive short term....from all the gas fired power plants supporting the heavy air conditioner use this weekend....
My observation of Siberian snow cover over the past ten years is that it really doesn't mean shit down here. Looking at that graph (hard to read as it is), snow cover isn't far behind where it was in October 2009. We all know how that turned out.