Things wouldn't have to change too much for a more favorable outcome.
A stronger PNA spike or a stronger 50/50 due to better Atlantic blocking could do the trick. I would prefer a better PNA
Quite the storm potential next week.
Will it be a dynamic arctic front or a Miller B is the question. Regardless a massive chunk of arctic air will be unleashed for Christmas
A +PNA is still more important than the NAO/AO because it allows cold air to funnel eastward particularly in December.
With a -PNA you can get the Euro op
Those cold anomalies are off the charts in the western half. Part of me would like to see the Euro play out.
That's historic cold for a lot of places out west
Euro is a disaster for us but very plausible in a well coupled Nina.
I don't think there's anything more important than a +PNA in 1st half of winter if you want snow.
No amount of Atlantic blocking will supercede it
I think that's the period to watch. Another AO drop and PNA goes up.
I could care less what a day 10 ops run shows. If it showed a blizzard people would say it's wrong.
I think the Pacific will always be a problem this year but I also think the Atlantic blocking will stick around.
Usually bouts of -4 AOs in December have blocking later on as well.
So Jan-March will prob be the best timeframe for us to get a big snow event because we don't need an amazing Pacific.
He's probably going to be right. The blocking forecast is in rarified territory and even moreso if we dip below 5 which is possible.
Things will be more clear after we get Friday's system out of the way
Ensembles looked pretty good to me.
It can take time for snows to show after the big AO drop. The lag time ranges from a week to over a month.
In 2010 we had to wait til after Christmas for our big storm.
Idk if that will hold. Models have had a tendency to dump the trough out west first, a common Nina theme.
They're doing that after the Friday storm now when they had ridging out west in earlier runs.