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February/March 2020 Winter's Last Chance Thread
Carvers Gap replied to John1122's topic in Tennessee Valley
Would not surprise me at all, Powell. That SPV is getting kicked around...if it splits we could see a March 2018 redux. Even if is splits today, with the lag it might not impact the troposphere until after mid-month. The timing would be very similar to 2018 in that regard. Hopefully it just winds down like a top vs splitting in early Feb. -
February/March 2020 Winter's Last Chance Thread
Carvers Gap replied to John1122's topic in Tennessee Valley
And we also have some great meteorologists on our forum who chime in as well. Again, welcome aboard. Maybe we will eventually have something to track. If not, severe season is up next. -
I think that feature is going to possibly be a cutoff. Will be interesting.
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February/March 2020 Winter's Last Chance Thread
Carvers Gap replied to John1122's topic in Tennessee Valley
I think we will survive. LOL. And welcome to the forum. During winter most folks are usually looking for snowy and wintry patterns. So that drives the forum during winter and is actually what started it. Now, we have folks that follow the weather year round. We do severe wx, ENSO, summer wx patterns etc. But yeah, it is warm and the first four days of Feb are going to be warmer likely. -
February/March 2020 Winter's Last Chance Thread
Carvers Gap replied to John1122's topic in Tennessee Valley
Also, the 0z Euro has two storm opportunities. It manages to get snow into west TN with that third wave again. It also has a new slider w snow for NE TN and one last true cold shot at the end. We will see if that holds. A little bit of a different look, so take with a huge grain. -
February/March 2020 Winter's Last Chance Thread
Carvers Gap replied to John1122's topic in Tennessee Valley
I had this fired up and ready post yesterday, but thought...nah. On some ensemble runs, that looks a lot like a cut-off low. Now, the result downstream might still be the same as the trough might pull up into Canada. But IMHO, for that EPS run, that looks mored like a cut-off than a trough. -
February/March 2020 Winter's Last Chance Thread
Carvers Gap replied to John1122's topic in Tennessee Valley
Hold down the fort tomorrow. Busy day on my end of things. Will check back if if I can...just didn't want you all to think I was bailing. Should be back some over the weekend and definitely by early next week. -
Mempho, I had my doubts about this set-up. But this has been pretty fun. Glad to hear you all have your quality control issues worked out. How many days has it been since Memphis has seen more than 2" of snow?
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I don't see anyone stopping Mahomes and that offense. Not sure I have seen an offense that efficient in a long time. If a team misses scoring on a couple of possessions, they may be down two TDs to the Chiefs. Amazing stuff. If the Weeklies are wrong and we have a great February, I am buying everyone in the forum a serving of their favorite beverage. I feel like one of those car companies that supports full court shots at halftime(make it and win a car). Safe money. And if I have to pay up, then something good must of happened. As for the ski trip, might should have made that font red as well! Anyway, we will be pulling for the Chiefs in my household!
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February/March 2020 Winter's Last Chance Thread
Carvers Gap replied to John1122's topic in Tennessee Valley
Last comment on the 18z GFS, as long as it has the "Vancouver to Boise to LA to the Pacific to Baja 500 special" beginning at 200...I just can believe it. CMC had the same deal. The Euro was a much more believable evolution. -
February/March 2020 Winter's Last Chance Thread
Carvers Gap replied to John1122's topic in Tennessee Valley
I do agree that Feb finishes above normal...The first four days of that month will make it very difficult to have any other solution. -
February/March 2020 Winter's Last Chance Thread
Carvers Gap replied to John1122's topic in Tennessee Valley
I am game. -
February/March 2020 Winter's Last Chance Thread
Carvers Gap replied to John1122's topic in Tennessee Valley
The 18z GFS is pretty much perfect in terms of track. Snow falls in middle TN. Give me that track AND a storm of that intensity and I am good - no open wave or weak sauce storms. That is a Miller A and a textbook one. 850s crashing into the back of the storm. It could be rain, but that is a great track. Temps are falling into the 30s as it passes. If it wasn't this winter, I would be pretty excited about that. Really a beautiful look. -
February/March 2020 Winter's Last Chance Thread
Carvers Gap replied to John1122's topic in Tennessee Valley
First thing on the Weeklies. The PV at 500(essentially the TPV) is very consolidated during the last 2.5 weeks of Feb. Then, it gets disrupted by seasonal wavelengths during Feb. The question, I have...Is that right? The 12z Euro operational basically splits the SPV by d10 or at least really disrupts it. The American model brings the PV back together. Do we believe they are correct? My hunch is that the cold sets up over Hudson Bay. I can't decide if I believe the tailing trough holds in the West for that long. It could, but the PV forecast will have to be correct and we must assume the cold won't push. I will look at the MJO regions later tonight. I will say, I feel like the Monday EPS gave us a pretty good heads-up to the mid-month warm-up with its MJO look. Anyway, last I will say and it is a LONG shot, but we have had some big snowstorms during phases 4-5 I think. @John1122would know. Again, a long shot but the MJO I "think" loses some of its hold during late winter. Someone, feel free to correct that. But yeah, warm look by the Weeklies. But we trust the Weeklies to be right? Nah, just when they are warm. LOL. I normally don't punt a month, so I will hold out a bit. But if we continue the trends of past winters, March could have some chances or it could be terrible - true diplomacy right there. -
February/March 2020 Winter's Last Chance Thread
Carvers Gap replied to John1122's topic in Tennessee Valley
It's because your name is spelled wrong in the panic room! LOL. You all messed that up. Anyway, that is a pretty washed out look. I will dig a bit deeper. That run may be right, but it looked like a bunch of feedback. We have found multiple ways to warm anomalies this winter. Patterns have varied, but the result has not. Also, very important to remember that the Weeklies don't do well during shoulder season. But yeah, a step back for sure. Bout the time we are all ready for spring, you know it is going to be cold. Book it! Just so the rest of you know I am realistic. I put my seed order in two weeks ago for the garden. The seeds for this year's garden are already on my counter! We will keep hunting snowstorms though. I won't be surprised to see ensembles break the other way and offer a couple of more 2-3 windows during Feb though it doesn't look good now. They are still stuck between two camps. I do think the base warm pattern continues with troughs rolling through. Looks like next week will be our best chance for a while. Hopefully somebody will score with it. And also, thanks for putting that together. Lastly, I think what is probably going on is the MJO this AM is that the EPS showed some signs of heading into four on one of its variations. The recent BOMM is COD all the way. So, if we want to see some changes need to see an SSW or the MJO go into the COD. Rally cap time for sure. -
February/March 2020 Winter's Last Chance Thread
Carvers Gap replied to John1122's topic in Tennessee Valley
As noted earlier this week, the middle of February favors warm phases of the MJO and a trough in the West - particularly the middle ten days. The first four days will be warm as well. Will be interesting to see the Weeklies. I would like to see how they go from those maps into weeks 3 and 4. -
February/March 2020 Winter's Last Chance Thread
Carvers Gap replied to John1122's topic in Tennessee Valley
Have we ever left it? My yard hasn't dried out since the mini-drought last fall. LOL. Rain has been a constant. -
February/March 2020 Winter's Last Chance Thread
Carvers Gap replied to John1122's topic in Tennessee Valley
I will save the future climate talk for other forums... As for the window between Feb 5-7, still a storm signal there. Still a trough at 500 there. That time frame has warmed, but that date range is still almost a week out. Things can and will change. Could get worse and could get better. I am here to track storms. No way I am sticking a fork in a storm one week out with the config at 500 on the Euro. That is a nice storm evolution. But it is fair to say that temps have not trended well. The storm track is still there. -
February/March 2020 Winter's Last Chance Thread
Carvers Gap replied to John1122's topic in Tennessee Valley
So, how has March looked during the past decade? I have read some stuff about Decembers warming and Marchs cooling by J D'Aleo. -
February/March 2020 Winter's Last Chance Thread
Carvers Gap replied to John1122's topic in Tennessee Valley
Here is what I have for Januarys(month to date) on PRISM...18, 16, 15, 14, 11, 10, 9, and 8 are BN. I have 8 BN and 4 AN for the past twelve, and seven of the past eleven. Looks like 15 is the question mark. Maybe the last three days were warm? I can see Jan 1-29 for my comparison data for Januarys way back. So, even if we are 6 of the 11 BN, I am not throwing in the towel on winters as a whole at this elevation. It is not like we have had the heart of winter warm each year. Over half of those Januarys, even with the conservative number, are cold. Yeah, this year has been terrible so far. But just no way to know what future winters are going to look like. If we keep with the recent trend of roughly 2/3 being BN, not sure how one can make the claim that winter is over at this elevation. I can understand the reasoning behind canceling this winter, but not sure data supports canceling future winters. It is frustrating for all of us for sure, though. But I know I will be here to finish this winter and be back for the next Lord willing. Storm moves east but is a rainer verbatim. With its almost due north trajectory, would likely be quite strong in reality. -
February/March 2020 Winter's Last Chance Thread
Carvers Gap replied to John1122's topic in Tennessee Valley
Looking at PRISM data, looks like eight of the last 12? -
February/March 2020 Winter's Last Chance Thread
Carvers Gap replied to John1122's topic in Tennessee Valley
Is it true that seven of our last eleven Januarys(including this one) dating back to 2009 have been BN? -
February/March 2020 Winter's Last Chance Thread
Carvers Gap replied to John1122's topic in Tennessee Valley
And again at 12z today there are strong, cold surface highs on the GEFS which are pressing under the trough at 500. I want to see the EPS back this up before commenting further. Honestly, the GEFS is almost a waste of breath in terms of details which is understandable at this range. Just looking for trends at 500. -
February/March 2020 Winter's Last Chance Thread
Carvers Gap replied to John1122's topic in Tennessee Valley
I think modeling is really struggling with what to do with the trough in the West. The MJO progression favors that and it will win for a time. But one can almost see those wavelengths changing up, and it scrambles the MJO signal. Those long, broad troughs and ridges are sharper. Below is where a I think the second window forms. Likely it is a 2-3 day window centered sometime around the 20th. The trough lifts out of the West and heads into southern Canada. We get a brief long wave trough that we can hope has energy timed correctly. The GEFS, while very shaky at best in its verification, does do this. -
February/March 2020 Winter's Last Chance Thread
Carvers Gap replied to John1122's topic in Tennessee Valley
Just looking at the 12z GEFS, at 228 it has delayed the inevitable eastern SER. Some moderate changes at this point. Edit: After that...very similar. Prior to that, the ridge struggled to form.