We do have a good pattern in place and a strong signal for an event. It's hard to get excited considering how many times we've been screwed in 2021 by events that started north of the MD line. Seems like we end up on the southern fringe of KU storms a lot, and of course not pattern will ensure it doesn't happen again.
Anyone remember the 12/10/97 event? It was a bust Boston. We ended up with about 6" of paste in SW CT when we were supposed to get rain. I'm kind of reminded of that event from the surface map even though 500mb doesn't really look similar.
Agreed, keeping the troff positively tilted like the Euro is key here. The blocking is never going to force a 976MB bomb over W KY to reform east of Ocean City.
You can see from comparing the CMC, GFS and Euro, everything very dependent on how much the PV knocks down the heights ahead of the storm. Seems similar to 1/26/11, without the morning round.
This is why I hate solutions that involve a piece of energy ejecting through the ridge. It never works out. Haven't gotten any threats to survive inside day 6 this year.