All 4 major airports saw similar departures from this cold air:
24th: ~ - 23F
25th: ~ - 15F
26th: ~ -12F
All are running 2-3F BN for December. Will walk some of that back the next few days, so maybe ending around -1F?
A shift to a more favorable longwave pattern remains steady around the 7th/8th. Not much else worth looking at IMO before this weekend assuming that doesn’t change.
You can see the temps cooling the last 48-72 hours of the ensembles. If that H5 look is right, temps will cool down fast. Point is, the torch looks temporary and so far the return to a better look isn’t getting can-kicked.
Don’t think we’re going to get digital blue as a Christmas present, but we did get continued good H5 looks at D13 or so overnight. Better than coal and onions in our stocking I guess.