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Boston is about 10" below normal right now, a bit more by then, but yes it would be right up there. What about Caribou? I heard they have had 60+" thus far?

Back to reality.

Yesterday's 12z Euro op had that as a cutter. Quite the change in 24 hrs.

Well, if the pattern fits....

I'm putting my order in for one of those.

Maybe the GFS is turning a new leaf for 2019, lol. Nice hit in fantasyland, d12. Almost 2" qpf, all snow, for here anyway. When the GFS gets rid of the hangover tomorrow, it will probably be just that, a fantasy. Happy New Year.

Natural gas futures were skyrocketing in early to mid-November when we had that BN cold spell later in the month. They reached almost $5/contract then, but have plummeted to $2.96/contract now, lol.

I understand that February natural gas contracts were obliterated today. The bull community is now pricing natural gas as if there's no winter left, despite the long-range still showing a bias for colder than normal weather at the end of January into at least early February. I guess we aren't the only ones having meltdowns.

Not to rub salt into our suffering wounds here, but right now in Fargo, ND it's -11°F with a -42° WC, and a snowpack of over a foot. Happy New Year.

Maybe a few mood flakes will soften the gloomy mood in here.

But the 2 previous GFS op runs looked just like that EPS run at d15. GEFS looks like the Euro.

18Z GFS just made a big change to that d15 500h anomaly.

I wouldn't be surprised if we get a major KU around MLK day, followed up by 2 or 3 more big snows in the next month or so, all accompanied by extreme cold in February. The meltdowns here now will then turn to posts claiming the packs will last until April, lol.

That would be an improvement.

It was a foot for my hood, lol.

Some hope for Thurs-Fri on latest GFS. It is late to the party as the GGEM has been showing this for a few runs now. Euro will probably say "what hope?". Marginal temps, though. Edit- wrong thread.

In comparing the blizzards of 1978 and 2015, I'm reminded of the column Jon Keller of WBZ wrote shortly after the 2015 event comparing the two events. Back in 1978 the blizzard brought people together, neighbor helping neighbor, strangers looking out for each other. After the 2015 blizzard, it was much easier to just retreat into your electronic cocoon. And one more major difference - in 1978, when the snow melted and summer came, you knew the Red Sox would find a way to blow it. Nowadays, they’re just as likely to win it all again.

Big difference LR @ 500mb at hr 240 on 12z GFS vs Euro.

Thanks fellow snow lovers.

This 72 year old next week seconds that.

From the looks of that, we will be fairly dry the next 2 weeks- just some light rain or showers- with temps AN. I'm closing the shades.

0z IKON has nice little event for some.

The melts would be from our northern friends.