My only point was that we would like to see this move a couple of hundred miles closer in the time remaining. It is a threat as far as that specfic run is concerned. Maybe I should have used the word "potential".
The 11th threat is actually worse on this run with the system heading for Bermuda. Now we kick the can to the 15th with a close call. Monster with a 51mb drop in 24 hours.
Improved again from 0z. These baby step improvements over the past 2 runs could still get us there with just a couple more favorable runs.
That energy in the sw Baja has moved well west now.
Given a choice, I'll take the 0z over the 18z. Don't need any wind damage with a big rainer.
But let's see what the 0z Euro has to say. It will have to make a big change at h5 from 12z to follow the GFS.
It was only about 50. The high to the north was about 1034 mb and the low only made it to 984 mb at its peak. Yet that was still enough to bring hurricane force winds. There was a high over central southern Canada close to 1050 mb though.
Parts of extreme eastern Maine receive 18" in 6 hours at 10:1. True white out zero visibility with those winds. The ultimate blizzard where blizzard conditions last for hours on end.
But the 6 hr jackpot goes to Waterville Valley with 25" in 6 hours, again at 10:1.
A lot will have to change on the Euro with h5 at 0z from the 12z run if that track is going to get some consistency. There is a world of difference right now between the 12z Euro and the 18z GFS.
That run resurrects the look from yesterday's 06z GFS, which completely disappeared from subsequent runs until now. This run is not going to happen this way either. Probably be gone at 0z.
Despite what all the ensembles show, the Euro op verbatim says after Jan 1 cold and dry for the next two weeks. It's said that now for the last 3 runs since 12z yesterday. Granted, things can change fast.
Cheer up, things could be worse here. The 0z Euro shows that parts of N Dakota from New Years day through the next 10 days won't see a temperature at any time of the day at or above 0°F.
Well, that third of an inch of rain coupled with the 42F temp. didn't kill the pack too much. Still a good 3" with no grass showing anywhere. But I expect it will be all gone by the first of the week.