Carvers Gap
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I think the sun matters a lot. In fact, it might the driver of Earth's weather over millennia. I just don't think we have a lot of research about how it impacts weather. It might be worth its own thread. I could write several posts on the topic. Briefly, I would say that increased solar activity tends to put a ridge over the eastern US.
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Pretty big model war between the EPS/GEPS vs GEFS at 12z for d10-15. Last time the GEFS didn't do so well. However, what we are seeing is for sure differences in how the MJO is modeled both in amplitude and speed. It could be a thaw or a pattern change. I like the EPS right now as it tends to do a little better once we hit mid-winter. Total crapshoot though until the MJO gets sorted out. But I do know this 100%...when we start talking about the MJO, it is about to get really warm for an undetermined amount of time. For now, I think we see a warm-up from Jan 28 to Feb 7th. It could be longer. Outside chance it could be shorter. The SER is going to flex. We just don't want it to become a standing wave.
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The 12z GEPS and EPS are not warm in the long range. In fact, the EPS has a full blown trough progressing eastward from the nation's mid-section between d10-15. The AIFS does get my attention, but it can swing wildly at that range....sometimes it can lead the way. Just really watching to see if this is a thaw or a new pattern w/ a big SER. I lean temporary thaw, but am not totally sold on that yet. All it will take is one big cutter right along the MS River, and that cold air will refill eastern NA. Tricky business. Also, it is a good rule of thumb(and I forget it often) that sever cold over NA does wonky stuff to modeling.
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Snow showers in NE TN. Models had this. It was completely ignored.
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The deck is also stacked a bit differently this year. NA is much colder than recent winters. We likely don’t have to rebuild the could source in Canada after the warmup. Cold sources matter.
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The American modeling handles the MJO very differently. The Euro tends to underestimate amplitude. American modeling has a bias for stalling in 6 IMHO. It is going to warm up. We just need it to hustle! Most good winters have warm MJO rotations. We called them thaws. Now, we know some of the science. The MJO can also end winter. Deterministic modeling can just about see to the second week of Feb. We will know the verdicts to our questions soon.
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Convection in the MC is a pain in the neck! LOL. I think we get one more meaningful rotation through cold phases. I think the worst of winter’s cold is behind us. That said, December featured that 11-12 day warmup. We may see something similar at the end of this month and early Feb. But yeah, if we want the warmup to be a thaw and not a toasty Feb….the MJO has to get out of 6! To clarify…worst of cold behind us. But I have no idea about snow. Feb can deliver when it is on!
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I "think" we are looking at potentially very cold temps during the second week of Feb. The AIFS at 12z hinted at this. It is there about 2/3 of the time. @Daniel Boone, I suggested(then deleted quickly!) that we start a February thread. I thought I was in the January thread. No, I was actually IN the new February thread asking for the February thread to be created!!!! LOL!!!!
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I like that meme, man. I am gonna use that for personal use.
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Speaking of the "fun begins at 50," do I dare admit that I thought I was in the January thread when I recommended a February thread get started? ...and I was actually posting in the new February thread.
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I think the warmth we are seeing (to end the month and begin Feb) is the model reaction to the MJO passing through phases 4-6. So far(famous last words), that looks like a pretty fast pass. I was a bit perplexed that it hadn't shown up. At one point there were below zero temps in the middle of my warm-up! It is always possible that winter doesn't return, but I am rolling with '96 which had a warm-up in between cold shots. Right now is halftime - I think. A January thaw is almost always a staple of winter, and quite honestly, I could use one. The treadmill sucks for running! I don't do single digit wind chills. I am older and smarter... As one in my family likes to state, "The fun begins at fifty." Somehow, I don't think that is a compliment!!!
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Here is the time frame that I continue to watch along with the timeframe around roughly 1/30(give or take a few days). The real question in my mind is where does the stationary front set up shop? Is it the Cumberland Plateau or the Apps? I have asked that question already once this winter. Turns out, it was Pensacola! This time frame sits just beyond deterministic and global ensemble range. Gonna have to slog through a ridge or two to get to potentially this - beware!
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The 18z GFS just hammered the Southeast(portions of TN included).
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The 18z GFS is interesting at d10.
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Mississippi is always a tough sell for snow, but I admittedly don't watch MS much during winter. If the cold is deep enough though, it could. Northern MS is in the game in my book if overrunning persists on modeling.
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Just looking across deterministic runs d10-15, there is decent agreement of very cold air invading the Lower 48 again. To me this looks like a front range(of the Rockies) or Plains initial shot. Then the real question that arises is how far to the east does it spread. All three globals have cold racing down the Canadian Prairies at the end of their runs. The Euro manages to get the cold all the way to the Gulf Coast yet again. The Euro has a fairly extreme blocking scheme over Alaska. That is the mechanism that was missing yesterday. I still think the cold (potential)shot is just at the fingertips of deterministic runs and we will see variation for sure. I get pretty excited about cold during February. We haven't had a lot of that recently. Cold February storms will often over perform which is why they are fun.
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The biggest thing I have to change(in my thinking) is now climatology supports heavy snow in the Florida Panhandle. LOL.
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On the 12z Euro, it looks like a dam break(d12-16)....the entirety of the cold airmass in Canada heads south. BIG differences in the MJO. American modeling seems to have moved markedly to the Euro camp overnight.
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12z Euro is crazy cold late in the run....might be the coldest air mass of the season if it verifies.
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The SER is also showing up in d10-15 as well. That probably teleconnects well to the MJO phase. Looks a lot like phase 7. Now, we just need to get it around into 8-1-2 without a stall(probable).
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Areas which have under performed would be the Plains(that might get fixed during Feb) and the NE Coast. W VA is just racking up snow. The southern reaches of the Sierras (just eyeballing) could use some more snow. The Gulf Coast is set for the next 50 years.
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Intense cold in January can result in cold/dry. Intense cold during February can yield big winter storms in the Lower 48. Models will often underestimate the strength of storms(northwest jog) and underestimate precipitation amounts.
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Yeah, sorry. You can see modeling adjusting today towards that faster MJO rotation. The 12z GFS has it.
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Just looking at the morning MJO plots, the GMON(GEFS ext weeklies) finally broke towards the faster Euro solution which races through warm phases. That sets up the second week of February(edit) for maybe a return to cold temps. You can see the cold rotating down the Rockies and spreading immediately eastward at the end of the 0z Euro. The AIFS has it going down the front range - MAJOR overrunning signal for west Tenn if the AIFS is anywhere close to being correct. For now, I cautiously give the Euro a nod of a quicker return to cold. If true, that is eerily similar to 95-96 in terms of progression. LOTS of warm in between cold shots.
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Ha! Yeah, man, I drove through that exact TRI area yesterday. It was how I would imagine a lake effect band (only much less!). There was a dusting and then 1-2" of snow all at once. It was probably 2-3 miles west of I-26. Definitely was related to some type of Bays Convergence.
