That was a hail mary that did not work out. ha. Not cancelling anything. Seriously, the lack of cold air is a real hinderance to having any chance of identifying threats very far out. The GFS has a low take a great track in 7 days and it is rain everywhere except far North New England. Track will be different in a few hours but not sure there will be any more cold air to work with. No obvious frying pan periods either...just a bit AN.
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One thing I am seeing in reports is that the models showing a bonus area in N Central MD got their wish. PSU got 4" and saw another report of over 3".
Saw mention on the MA thread and can confirm that the web cams at Ski Liberty (Fairfield) are showing snow at the base of the main slope. Still a lot of rain mixed in here.
This line is well past me now so maybe can surmise it was seeing snow or sleet above but still not cold enough just above the surface for a full change. SPC Meso 850 line is very close to me but 925 is not.
The isobars have really elongated to our east with two areas of frontogenesis now...one where we saw it before off the NC coast and one slightly below this circle and dry slot so the slp is probably in this general area.
It did close. Thinking about it, maybe that was before you moved up here so that makes more sense. I bought some stuff from their auction. Not a fan of their location though as to pass by traffic. So many coming east turn at the circle in New Oxford and skip cross keys.
This was the thought of my post (someone did say past beginning of Jan) in chuckling that there was panic of the pattern not changing at Christmas. I disagree with the panic just based on everyone's current penchant to feel cautious when times are good but easily turning negative when things start can kicking.
With that said, recently there were posts (EPS I think) showing a sweet pattern Christmas week and starting to feel we are losing hope on that.
Defintely can be thunderstorms which is why I threw some question in but I enjoy watching for busts (good or bad.). There is not a lot forcing in other areas as of yet though. As you know said thunderstorms can also limit blossoming to the west.
The cold at the surface is still my worry. I truly think accum snow is going to be whomever gets under a band that overcomes the surface.
Looking at this map, one would think the trailing slp is developing a bit father east than some meso's showed. This can sometimes be off from actual sw positions though.