There's no sugar coating the cutter to Canada. There's nothing stopping it from continuing to trend more amped/warmer.
Packs could be decimated even in NNE but given it's only mid Feb they should have more snow events through March to replenish it.
You do not want this. This type of extreme heat over a large metro area would be very bad.
We've also warmed a lot since then so heat on that level could rival the heat we saw in Pacific NW or 110+ temperatures.
Feb will still be several degrees above normal even if it isn't an all out torch. Just look at this week. I see low to mid 50s for highs.
We get a brief cool down but then things trend up again. This is far from the Jan chill we've experienced
This winter so far has been very meh. Not the worst but not good either. We'll see if things change.
I'm more excited about the severe weather season. That has really ramped up lately and should continue to do so this year.
I'm not too thrilled about the future pattern. The lack of blocking hurts.
We got away with it in 13/14 & 14/15 because the PNA/EPO were extremely favorable. This season is one big mashup that barely works.
I think it means chances for accumulating snow are over.
So by that metric our chances don't end till mid April though you can see ahead of time if the pattern could support late season snow.
The pattern doesn't look good for anything big but it's not a dead pattern.
This week looks very meh and quite mild actually. The following look has much more potential.
It's tough to get that excited for anything without any Atlantic blocking.
I think we'll score another 5-7" event mid month that will melt 2-3 days later just from the -EPO/+PNA and then hopefully we get some blocking to finish winter.
However the big dogs are nowhere to be found.
Nice cold rain. Get used to that for the next few months if SSWE happens in March.
Temps stalled at 38F. The timing was not in our favor, had this occurred in the evening more places would've seen icing.
I'm not seeing it either. Actually the current period is the milder one that covers the coming week.
The Feb 10-20 period looks chilly.
Also notice how snowmanweenie doesn't say the EPO will be negative and PNA positive. Just that AO/NAO are positive