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How much you get at your location?

Southern tier from the plains to the southeast is torching. Stronger than expected and retrogressive blocking saved the day for the norther tier from the northern plains east into New England and south to about the Mason Dixon line keeping us near normal or slightly below normal. Without that block some of that warmth would have easily spilled into our area. We got lucky, no Christmas torch this year. Longer range (yeah, I know longer range) is looking foreboding in terms of Arctic Cold. EURO going full bore.

Finished with 2.5" here. Really came down good for about 2 hours after my last post. I would have to give this an "over perform" at least based on what I was expecting. Was thinking 1 to maybe 2" here but even overshot the 2".

Nice snowman ! Bummed you will be leaving the area.

There is an extreme cold pool over western Canada and all of Canada has deep snow cover. This cold pool will not modify anytime soon. Get some of that on a favorable trajectory over snow covered ground and it could get seriously cold around here as we move toward or through the first 10 days of January.

30 degrees. Just measured 1.2”. Moderate snow ongoing. 78819674661__AF54E413-0C78-4150-BCBB-133BE39C69FE.MOV

Some of my old stomping grounds. That garden center (family owned) has stood the test of time. All of the others in the area sold out to developers. I suppose this one will as well at some point. Great place and nice people. Nice picture in the days before Christmas.

Been a while since the coldest air in the hemisphere has been on our side of the pole. We’ll see how things play out as we move through early January.

Anyone check out the cold over NW Canada? Currently -40's to -50's F over Yukon and NWT. Even a few spots at -60F currently. Mid to LR forecasts continue to build the cold over the next week. Where it goes beyond that is the question. Does it stay bottled up in Canada and slide more east than south or does in make a run south into the U.S. either is pieces or a large Arctic plunge? I think all options are on the table but something worth following.

Hideous.

When I'm wrong I'll admit it. I was not expecting this 10-14 days ago for Christmas week. Was expecting a relaxation of the cold but nothing like this nearly coast to coast torch. Euro EPS did well sniffing it out. GFS was not even close to reality. I was expecting a relaxation of the cold Christmas week but then a return to significantly colder between Christmas and New Year's. Not happening.

Nice! SE New England is hurting some though. Would love to see the same chart for the same date last year. We're off to a good start so far. Past performance is no indication of future results though.

I don't care what anybody says. That is impressive and was well advertised. We'll see where the month actually ends.

Temps dropping steadily. Down to 15 here.