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  1. Carvers Gap
    Fountain nails it. BIG changes to the storm next weekend. Temps are still no bueno, but that track was not Midwest cutter on the CMC. IF we can get that storm below us, who knows. We are exiting the timeframe where storms are lost on modeling.
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    It is not warm right now in NE TN. It definitely felt like January this evening.
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    The 18z GEFS has now joined the EPS and GEPS in the LR pattern change - and it is a pretty massive change at 500mb as other models have shown above. It was the last model to budge. Next item to address will be source regions for cold. The pattern would support discharge of cold air from high latitudes. It would be nice to get Siberian grade cold as an upgrade option - one click shopping from Amazon(we want the entire bundle subscription of widespread snow, cold, and a 2 year warrantee).
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    And it pops a weak inland runner in the Piedmont. That will work. Is it right? No idea.
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    Good example of a lee side low...
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    18z GFS
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    NE TN and W NC folks might want to take a look at the 18z GFS. That is a 98 redux right there.
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    If that verifies, I think we see multiple things to track. So, I am just going to enjoy the next couple of weeks, watch for maybe an oddball storm in the meantime(maybe some high elevation snow next weekend...light). What will be interesting to see is if the storm next weekend just ushers in the new pattern, and we don't look back. The GFS has hinted at this on more than one occasion. The Euro control ends w/ a massive western ridge w/ the Arctic being unleashed into Canada. This would be a triumph of LR modeling as it has had this for a bit. If the SSW comes to fruition, it could wreck all of that or it could dump into the East due to the MJO.
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    At the furthest extent of its reach, the 12z EPS looks pretty good at 500. Temps are still AN, but should switch quite quickly as Canada would refill with cold quite quickly. PNA/EPO ridge(which has yet to verify this winter), AN heights over the Davis Straits, and a mean trough over the East. This reminds me of two years ago when winter was meh...and Memphis got hammered in about this same timeframe. With strat warming underway, it should be noted that these patterns can switch on a dime...so proceed w/ caution. Let's reel it in.... addendum: I should be noted the transition to this look begins around Jan 15th w/ the pseudo winter storm.
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    I don't want to jinx it, but it looks like Jan 22-23rd is a fairly common way point on modeling. When it is on Weeklies products, I kind of have to guess at the pattern change as it sits in a 5d mean window. So, it is nice to see it showing up on ensembles. So far, it is holding in time. Interestingly, the -NAO is trying to show back up in modeling.
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    The potential pattern change is still moving forward in time. As with the last cold shot, there was a ton of can kicking....but the pattern is now on global ensembles instead of just being limited to runs of the Weeklies. That is a very cold look.
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    Several of my seasonal forecast ideas are going to work this year - LOL, but February not so much it looks like. Seasonal ideas are a bit of a crapshoot(requires a certain amount of luck), but I went w/ the past two years of Nina climatology to repeat. The good thing if this winter repeats, we should see at least one more cold shot into the forum areas(I am think a couple of periods of cold). I had February as much above normal......that is on extremely shaky ground. In fact, I might get the exact opposite. Oddly, November and December started the exact same way - warm start w/ cold eroding those warm starts as the month progressed.
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    The greenest yard in my neighborhood(likely over seeded w/ rye) is brown. It is not uncommon for me to have to get an early mow by late Feb here, though. Most of that is day length driven - just gets more sun. I have a small hoop house which I put up in mid-February in order to grow cool season crops in my garden. Just looking at LR temps, modeling looks like it has for days. Looks like the return to winter could possibly begin around the 20th. Unfortunately,(very unfortunately) spring does not look warm at this point. Might be a very slow climb if Nino takes hold early. I actually like quick flips to spring. Last year, my growing season was pretty short due to temps not warming-up quickly here. I was looking at some garden photos on my phone....the last couple of years my garden has been put in the ground 2-3 weeks later than normal.
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    At 186, the Euro has a stalled 997 low on the south end of Hatteras. Heading to bed. Might be classified as a slight synoptic improvement as the storm is closer to the coast(the secondary).
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    This run is just more disorganized which almost tells me the Euro is stuck in purgatory - not knowing to drive a cutter or drive SE to the coast.
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    At 144, more energy has been kept south of the primary - middle of Arkansas instead of St Louis.
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    At 117, this looks more like a bowling ball. It may still cut, but that looks more like it might not.
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    As @John1122 noted, I also have a 30% chance of snow in the morning. Yeah, I am watching the Euro roll - just a glutton for punishment. At 108, slp is in a similar location over the Four Corners. And yes, when lows go into the Four Corners, the Euro can have problems. So far, it looks more realistic than 12z in terms of the shape of the storm.
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    The 0z CMC goes cutter...but...it transfers waaaay south. Then, a slp crawls(and I mean crawls) up the SE coast. It eventually comes ashore and jogs nw inland. That would be a significant upslope event for the mountains, and snow would be flying in the valleys. Stall a storm out just northwest of Hatteras, and you have my full attention.
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    And the GFS w/ yet another solution as John notes. Realistic set-up.
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    30 day temp map by the 18z CFSv2.....
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    Do you still read that site about Bering Sea teleconnections? Have they mentioned any downstream cold later this month or next month?
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    Mine were fried! It has been my experience that hollies are nearly impossible to eradicate. I would think that the entire trunk and strongest branches will send out new shoots. Now, Japanese maples and crepe myrtles....they can die in that type of cold. I once saw a holly bush removed three feet deep by a backhoe. Two years later, the holly bush grew back through a crack in the pavement. Last year, I cut mine back to the ground during spring. They were four feet tall by the end of summer! But there will surely be less hardy varieties of plants that will be knocked out. I think if yours has made it 16 years, you are good. The ground here looks like it has been scalded by hot water.
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    Yeah, I think we likely get a good three weeks somewhere between Jan25 and Feb 20th or so. That is primetime so I am not complaining IF that is the window. Honestly, ensembles are a bit quicker w/ the transition than the CFSv2.
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    Definitely can see the pattern change in the LR now. The HB block pattern, which will have lasted almost 5 weeks by that time, finally is displaced enough that the trough is slipping from the West towards the East. Theres is plenty of mischief in the meantime as pieces of energy slip under the HB block. Most cut, but if one doesn't.....IYKYK.
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