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Forgot to mention, I went to Utah last weekend and did some hiking.... Above 8000 feet there was still 6 feet of snow on the ground. Truly astonishing. We got to hike in shorts in 60 degree weather on snow pack! The ski resorts were still open also. Our waitress at a restaurant in Park City said that they are gonna try to Ski on Fourth of July this year in Snow Bird!

This is purely anecdotal and very much isolated to winter weather events, but ever since the the major upgrade in 2019, the GFS has been kicking the euro's ass when it comes to these long range disagreements. Look at the last storm.

Looks like a possible Norlun Trough setting up in the 8-10 day period.

I am sure it will be Rocking in March.. so much so that someone in Westminster will get 2 inches of snow that melts before it stops snowing.

Wow.. that is really scary and unfortunate. If I lived any where near there, I would go and get a baseline set of testing and imaging just in case the shit hits the fan. Check out the radar plume from the fire:

Concerned downwind citizen here. Is everything okay in Ohio and the surrounding area? Based on what I am seeing, it seems like there is some sort of major environmental catastrophe happening in East Palestine.. Like someone f-ed up really bad. If it werent for the aliens, I would think it would be major news.. but for some reason, none of the main stream outlets are covering it.

This is a very interesting post @psuhoffman. This tells me just how entrenched this current snow drought is and just how wide spread it is. I was actually a little surprised by the ~12 inch number.. thinking that there had to be other years sprinkled in that were close to this. This tells me that no one is getting snow any where, regardless of climo, elevation or latitude. I mean, its the same all the way to through New York. Look at Rochester:

What does your wife do that she gets to go to the super bowl in a skybox?

What the 12Z is showing is meteorologically impossible. There is a low pressure in SW Illinois for 3 days. That can't happen.

Blocking is not a full on requirement for it to snow in the MA. Do we need it for a HECS? Sure. But it snows all the time this time of the year just as it is advertised on GFS. One thing I do like is that the spread on the ensemble members show a lot of lows to our south. I think it might be having a hard time differentiating btw the first system and the second one, however the trend on the 6z was south, with a big trough digging in to the southeast part of the country.. if the 12Z runs continue that trend, we will have a nice snow storm to track. Has anyone post the ensemble member snowfall maps?

Me!!!

BTW... this happened: and this happened:

The coldest stretch in our area since 1899 was Feb 15 to Feb 20 2015. This time period featured several record low min and max temps. This demonstrates that it can still get very cold in our area. we shroud just focus on the pattern… it definitely will get a lot better for us and I would bet my house that we see a big seasonal snowfall number at some point over the next few years

thats fine

Oh haha climate change.. yeah that’s a sensitive topic… there is a lot of science out there that is pretty much undebatable. And I am pretty sure we are now seeing the outcomes first hand. It’s the find out part of it. .

I am sorry… but what does cc stand for?

I know, I know.. it right where we want it .. lol!!!!

Comparing the overall progression with the last run, I am pretty sure the second one is gonna be north. Look at that HP coming down out of Central Canada. Thats real deal cold.

Me too! This is a bucket list thing for me. I feel like every year they get a 5+ foot event up there. It would be relatively easy to time it given the year to year consistency and how these events show up in the long range.. the question is whether or not they have good options for lodging in that elevation and the power.. losing power in this kind of event could be life threatening. BTW.. I actually sat next to a woman on a plane ride from Buffalo last weekend who said she got 7 feet in her back yard in one of the two big storms this year. Not sure how much she was exaggerating but thats just about as much snow your gonna see from one event any where.

If the other two global were on board with this suppressed look I would be happy but that cmc is just too much like what we have been seeing all this season.

QQ.. NOA describes PDO as such: When SSTs are anomalously cool in the interior North Pacific and warm along the Pacific Coast, and when sea level pressures are below average over the North Pacific, the PDO has a positive value. What is the interior North Pacific.. also how does one visualize PDO? Like If I were to pick a plot on TT in a region to see the PDO anomaly, what would I look at?

isnt it supposed to be the other way around?

Based on the record books, it appears that what we are going though is normal.. HOWEVER...it does appear that the snow droughts have been more frequent over the last 50 years. Given that we only have a small sample size, it is hard to conclude whether or not the recent more frequent snow droughts are a signal for some bigger decrease in annual snow for our region, or if the period BTW the late 1800s and 1950 was just really snowy for our region. These are Baltimore/ BWI numbers: 1912-13 - 7.3 1918-19 - 4.0 1926-27 - 8.5 1931-32 - 4.2 1937-38 - 7.6 1949-50 - 0.7 1950-51- 6.2 1954-55 - 10.1 1958-59 -4.0 1972-73 - 1.2 1980-81 - 4.6 1988-89 - 8.3 1990-91 - 9.4 1991-9- 4.1 1994-95 - 8.2 1997-98 - 3.2 2000-01 - 8.7 2001-02 - 2.3 2007-08 - 8.5 2008-09 - 9.1 2011-12 - 1.8 2012-13 - 8.0 2016-17 - 3.0 2019-20- 1.8 2022-2023 - 0.0 (so far)

haha.. no your right. I think some times I get caught up in the moment. Look at RG3. If he didnt go back to early in 2012, he could have had a HoF career.

Paging Lamar Jackson.. Paging Lamar Jackson.. if you want to see how hall of fame leaders play through injury and lead their team to a championship.. I suggest you tune in to KC/ Jacksonville.