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April can be unpredictable, but with the persistent +NAO / +AO / -PNA, increasing sun angle and the SW getting such an early start to summer due to abnormally dry conditions (positive feedback loop), I wouldn't hold my breath for any wintry surprises this year...

What's impressive about this season is how abruptly "winter" cut off for y'all, kind of simlar to 2009 and 2010 in fact... Not Morch 2012 extreme, but both a top 20 warmest and a top 20 snowless March on record... Looking into the long range, except for maybe some more snow squalls producing some more light dustings or a few more hard freezes/frosts, it's pretty safe to say you all are done until at least November...

As nice of a surprise as it was fot folks in NW Illinois and Southern WI, this was definitely a once-in-a-lifetime blizzard for many areas on Northern MI / WI... Some areas along the noth shore of Lake Michigan are well over 2 feet and might even push 3 feet, virtually all synoptic too...

MKE recorded a 60 MPH gust, and looks like it's already transitioned to snow ahead of schedule.

Has there been a Spring where that doesn't happen? Even 2012 has a hard freeze in April...

In other words, typical Spring weather for the region...

NYC really sucks at snowfall measurements. There hasn't been an update since yesterday afternoon from any of the sites (including Central Park). But oddly enough, there was additional measurable precipitation at Central Park specifically after the previous 1pm snowfall total, so there was almost certainly more snowfall that accumulated beyond the official 19.7" as well...

Providence has broken its all-time record already (the other 1978), and it's still pound town there.

There's also 1967 and 1978 (albeit, those set up a bit further SE).

And Jupiter aligns with Mars...

Would easily be wiling to deal with a decade+ of shitty winters for that tradeoff. No contest... Even NYC is looking at 20"+ when all said and done, which (believe or not) would still only be a top 5 storm.

Now *THIS* is a Blizzard... https://www.earthcam.com/usa/massachusetts/provincetown/?cam=capecodbay

They've had some clunker seasons as of late, but there's an equillibrium to everything. Eventually, the tides will turn in their favor again. They average nearly as much snow as Chicago and Detroit, and I'm willing to bet their big snowstorm climo is better than Detroit's in particular...

I just turned to watch Bugs Bunny when the halftime show was on. Nothing against the headline performer, but I'm an old skool R&B fan (in other words, my taste in music is simply not aligned with the 2026 mainstream audience). I didn't watch Kendrick Lamar's performance either last year. The actual game was pitiful, although it is funny how badly Drake Maye was finally exposed after the run he had...

At least it's been a good kind of Zzzzzzz for some of us...

Meh...

Already starting to see changes in the medium/long range with the temps given the PV stretch and/or SSWE. Not looking so torchy any more...

lol

MSP special...

A lot of these PV Stretch / SSW events have been happening well into Met Spring as of late though, so the cold anomalies do end up eventually happening, but relative to average and thus haven't been all that cold.

Definitely highly skeptical of the current projections beyond the 7 day period with a supposed PV stretch (some are calling it a SSW event, but that's such an overused term and not really accurate) happening...

I see you ruffled some feathers with this question and triggered an individual who's seeking attention (won't name names...). But that person's issues aside, people like what they like and hate what they hate. It is what it is I will say, warm weather states have been the fastest growing part of the US for over 4 decades with no signs of slowing down (many southern cities/metro have already or soon will surpass a lot of cold northern cities/metros in population) so there's actually a lot more people than you think in the real world that can also do without "deep winter." Just have to remind yourself, weather forums can be a bit of an echo chamber that isn't always reflective of the majority opinion.

But it will still do so any way, especially if we're in transition to an El Nino...

I personally don't remember much in the way of pingers with GHD 1. Dry slotting hurt us a lot more than any mixing. Now with 12/31/2007, mixing was absolutely a problem. And in all fairness, there were the positive busts we never talk about, such as Feb 5-6, 2008. 4-8" with TSSN+ in the vicinity that fell in a span of 2 hours (after spending much of the day with a light icy mix).