TimB

Meh, pre-Christmas extreme cold events are rare anyway (1989 at PIT comes to mind, dropped to -12, MDT never got below zero). The departure that month at MDT was -13.2 relative to the current normals, PIT was -14.5, coldest December on record at both locations.

Come to think of it, there has to be snow cover for said event so nighttime temps can radiate most effectively.

Anyone else here who could go for a good polar vortex event (as long as there’s snow both at the beginning and the end)? It’s been awhile.

A cold Christmas seems to be back in play on all of the overnight models.

I don’t mind the look at the end of the EC, that’s for sure.

Amazing how all of the models had that thing in at least a location we could work with just 12 hours ago and now none of them do.

Euro for 12/21 storm: Need I say more?

It helps that I have limited respect for the Ravens and Browns this year and we know the Steelers can beat them because they already have. And it’s really hard for me to tell if this is the best division in football this year or the worst.

In all honesty, 8-8-1 and “Tomlin has never had a losing season” are still on the table.

What I missed in that is, you bought tickets to another game after that Lions debacle? Are we talking about the home playoff game we’ll get after we beat the Titans, Chiefs, Browns and Ravens to win a division title?

I can get these guys to bullshit about sports all spring, summer, fall, and winterless winter long. Case in point: So replace one hobby that is 1% triumphs and 99% kicks to the nuts with another hobby that is 1% triumphs and 99% kicks to the nuts. Got it.

I’m still trying to get to that point, is there a 12 step program for recovering snow addicts?

Our thread is dead and that says everything we need to know about what has transpired so far this winter, unfortunately.

12z GFS has high pressure pushing the storm early next week way south.

The standard is the standard.

We got the ball to start the second half, but a 2 yard run, incomplete pass, and sack on 3rd down leads to a 3 and out. And yinz know what that means!

Count me in. That heat wave was fun to track.

You forgot to tag someone who might be interested in that…

God, Christmas weekend looks ugly on the GFS.

Back end of the ensembles did improve some at 12z, for those looking for better news.

Since this is a glorified sports thread, I’ll bite. You have high hopes for the Steelers, or Cowboys, or Eagles, or whoever when the season starts. But then they lose the opener. You think “oh well, plenty of time to turn it around.” Then Week 2 rolls around and they lose again. Oh shit, this doesn’t look good. Hopefully some major adjustments happen in Week 3. But Week 3 rolls around and they’re down 17-7 at the half. That’s about where things stand right now wx wise. Hopefully the halftime adjustments are good.

Of course there will be. I don’t believe that anyone finishes the winter with single digit snow totals or anything like that. We’re still a month or so from optimal climo. It probably won’t be like last winter and I’ve accepted that.