Ralph Wiggum

Glenn, have you released your winter outlook yet? If not, when should we look for it? Thanks.

Just to add, the SPV continues to take a beating with stresses on both the Atl and Pac sides. With that said, the TPV showing no signs of consolidating long range and continues to show displacement and fragmented look with 1 center in Siberia, one over N Hudson Bay, and a lobe extending over N Europe. Not expecting wall to wall winter weather and threats but all of these trends are certainly beginning to put me at ease irt any dud winter coming. Guess we see if these looks hold and continue repeating.

Liking where the ensembles are taking us towards the end of the month. These are not bad looks at all AND we seem to be seeing some repetition and trends irt the Aleutian Low, the constant beating down/pushback and any SE Ridge, split pattern off the West Coast with no true PAC firehose theme, and of course the AO continues to be in the negative. The 18 GFS op is interesting towards the end also with a true -NAO....but that's an op in fantasyland, but these teleconnections and tendencies could be a heck of alot worse:

18z NAM continues the theme...maybe a hair more precip hanging back along the wave as the CAA funnels thru. Dont like these setups irt hoping for accumulations ie fropa with a weak wave along it waiting for the cold air to change rain over. Looks like a continuation from last winter on the NAM with a C-2" type....leaning heavily towards the lesser amounts right now. First flakes/white rain looking likely for many in PA/Northern DE anyway.

Current temp is 18F in Warminster.

18z GEFS has BN 2m temps thru the entire 384 hr run for the area. At 500mb it also has a respectable look with the WAR/N Atl ridge repeatedly feeding the -AO and NAO region. Aleutian low persists with subsequent ridging along the West coast. All we can ask for at this time as things progress thru late fall. The progression and tendencies of the main teleconnections which affect our apparent weather during the winter month appear favorable for now anyway.

12th/13th 'event' has all the ear markings of a mid range threat in a relatively progressive pattern that ends up being one consolidated lo farther N than progged with just a fropa for many. Could be wrong but has alot of resemblance to several systems last winter that never materialized.

GEPS is flat, weak sauce, and far enough off the coast to essentially be a nonfactor

But the GGEM shifted S and E

If this were DJF many would be reading the signs and sticking a fork in this one. Whaddya think.....95% of the time we see this, these systems never trend back the right way?

The usual trends have begun....congrats New England and far interior lol. Joking of course but funny to see the jump from the bullseye SE of us now into NE.

GEFS and GEPS close to the coast. EPS oddly enough is the farthest SE and off the coast. Not a bad place to be. Would rather this be 3 or 4 weeks from not but this can definitely happen especially with a fresh cold arctic air intrusion as modeled.

Congrats on next week. Every medium range model has you getting measurable snow now. NJ in the crosshairs less than a week out. What could possibly go wrong?

Front comes thru Thursday maybe some flakes on the backside especially far NW zones. Potential still showing for something around the 12th/13th. Worth keeping an eye on anyway since it could provide the first flakes of the season for parts of the metro area. EpS has been solid on the signal. Lost the bomb that it was showing but overall has a nice look with energy rounding a trof in the East and a wave off the coast throwing back some moisture into a fresh cold air mass. GEFS is trending in the right direction. I am posting the mslp trends over the past 4 runs as well as the 500mb anomaly maps. Note the pna ridge firing out west with each run.

Depends on who you asked I guess.

EPS and GEFS fairly similar irt key features during this period. Ridge bridge over top is nice, PV over the GL with trof along EC, ridging out West (PNA and EPO). Would like to see the WAR start feeding the NAO as we head later into the fall and become a recurring progression.

But did you see the BOMB on the Euro just a bit too far off the coast around the 13th? Something is going down during that period. Same time frame the GFS was dropping Barney's PV into the region for a few runs. And yes, other guidance like the GFS op has a storm but not nearly as organized/consolidated as the Euro. Certainly worth a look over the next several days....see if it has legs.

12z Euro with a weenie run for early/mid November standards.

Euro is slightly more amped digs the trof just a bit more. GFS really isnt that far off tbh. Euro is right in between the eps and gfs OP which if this were 4 weeks from now most of us would be greatly intrigued. Not a bad place to be. Again, something to finally tease us that isnt just the para gfs.

Top is the Euro, middle is the EPS, bottom is GFS:

Some interesting developments on the horizon. Both the GFS and Euro are rather close to something late week (Friday?) with a lp area sliding South and unseasonably cold air hanging around. Would likely favor those climo and elevated areas but who knows? Something to tease us. Then the GFS is showing a chunk of the PV visiting the OV and Northeast around the 13th with some mood flakes (maybe something more?). Again, some things to keep us entertained at least.

New GFS has been great for head fakes thus far anyway:

Sooo much damage up here. Many roads closed tons of trees down. Looks like Sandy came thru again.

Same cell that ripped thru here (Warminster/Hartsville). Interested to see what guests were reported. Sounded more fierce than anything during Sandy.