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Gusts really starting to pick up here

It was phenomenal. It sucks too because the show ended with a massive cliff hanger. They did the movie I think it was after the show ended and were supposed to do a part 2 but it just never materialized. I think there are some channels (I see it on Hulu and Pluto TV) which plays episodes all the time.

Hopefully it isn’t true but local news just shared his family confirmed

Nooooo Chuck Norris died. That’s a blow to the day. Walker Texas Ranger is the first TV show I ever remember

For one of my classes we do a class forecasting contest and I thought one of the cities was going to be Fairbanks b/c that’s what the professor listed for the week and I freaked the heck out thank god he had changed it.

I wonder where Anchorage ranks too...I feel like its been quite cold, even for them. I mean they aren't usually terrible because they get moderate a bit by the water.

I guess it depends on ones definition of "wintry threats" and potential expectations. As cool or chilly as the pattern looks ahead, there don't seem to be much in the way of prospects to hope for a storm. It's a rather benign pattern, generally associated with weak systems with little room or opportunity to really amplify. If one is just looking for snow showers or whatever, obviously that is still very much in game and always in game, even into mid-April. NNE of course is a different story...always potential there, even into early May. Pretty blue colors on the precip type maps with FROPAS don't mean there is a snow threat.

Maybe we can move Oklahoma here!

It's basically spring training of severe weather season. Have to brush off the dust and evaluate threats close by so we're ready when our time comes

Looks like maybe some violence across western and southern PA on Sunday.

That's a great perspective on this, thanks!

At least there is a shot at some thunder Sunday night, especially towards the coast

Saturday should be dry and ranging from upper 40's to 50's

Those ridiculous drought maps lead to a whole new form of hype.

I think though that was more in the Sierras where that happened (2022-2023 winter?). But outside of that winter I think the West has had some serious "snow droughts" over the past several years. I say that kind of loosely because below average for some of the ski areas still can produce 200" of snow lol but I'm pretty sure many of those areas have been hurting YoY.

Let me know when its inside 12 hours

It could ride a male bouncer, doesn't change the fact that it looks like crap. But hold on...are you talking about Monday or later in the week?

Looks like crap.

And didn't a part of that 2.9 inches fall relatively recently (like a few weeks ago?). Yeah the wildfire concerns are going to be sky high. Can only hope that maybe in April there will be a break with some troughs digging into the West and at least bring some precipitation chances but its very concerning seeing such a ridge becoming established this early. Obviously its going to break down at some point but the concern is it builds right back in quickly.

Pretty odd sfc low development

It's been very bad...disastrous for the ski industries out there.

parts of Florida had more snow than parts of Utah? That doesn't sound right.

I'll take another 2002 severe season

It is going to be quite interesting to see which direction ENSO heads moving through the spring and summer. There are already emerging background signals that we are at least heading into the direction of EL Nino but of course we're still pretty far off from that. I know there has been some rumblings about the potential for a stronger EL Nino (should one materialize) which IIRC does hold some merit based on PDO evolution (isn't there some delayed connection between peak -PDO and an ensuing developing/stronger Nino?). But there's been a nice little WWB going on at 850 and guidance is robust with this WWB through the end of the month as it approaches the dateline. But we'll want to probably continue seeing a constant supply of WWB traversing the EPAC. I don't put much into short-term changes of Nino 1.2 because of how volatile it is but that region has had some significant warming which at least in the short term reduces the easterlies and upwelling of colder water off the continent. Going to be a fascinating summer in this regard.

I'm with you. The few days we had this month that were record warm were a breath of fresh air but outside of those few days its been chilly and breezy. Unfortunately, this looks like it will be the dominant theme to at least close out the month but of course we'll get the mild day or two out ahead of any FROPAS so long the main sfc low is well to our northwest. Some signs this massive western ridging may break down later which may boost our chances for a more milder regime but sometimes models can be a bit too quick with breaking down those stout ridges