Carvers Gap

Weather models amaze me. What a front. These are the real feel and anomaly maps from the 18z GFS at 360. In no way shape or form am I saying this going to come to pass on this exact day. However, I do think an extreme front is on the table as is record heat by mid month. We could see both...I hope not on the same day. But we could see some extremes.

Thanks for the heads up. I prob should look at the strat more. Generally, I just wanted it jostled and not spinning in a tight spiral. That would make sense given that this has occurred during recent Nina episodes. That would set the stage or cold by mid January. This could be a crazy winter.

The GFS is a an outlier at this point but has come around some today. It was an extreme outlier yesterday. I mean eventually it will be right when the MJO finally rotates around. A broke clock…

The 12z Euro is northern stream dominant after Dec 5 w/ like (3) systems coming through. Rain/snow mix for the valley. Nice look.

The 18z ICON is flirting with it as well for NE TN/SW VA. Time of day is huge. If that comes in over night, it could be a mess.

The 18z RGEM is threatening to bring frozen precip into the forum area around Dec 5th. Sneaky system...a little bit of ZR can wreck total havoc.

The biggest things is getting into climatology that supports snow in the valleys. It is well within precedent to snow, but the likelihood is just lower until we hit mid-December. This is a good pattern, but just a bit too early in the season as the cold just isn't as deep.

Some of these suppressed systems in the medium range...I would not be surprised to see those trend to snow in our area. Nice looking pattern with ample cold in the Ohio Valley. Also, notice how this time frame has trended from a SER to a VERY cold time frame just to our north.

Some decent trends for light snow in your back yard at 12z.

Yeah, man. It was ice skating will jogging this morning. The frost was like black ice in shady areas.

I think that is about right for TRI. It was basically a seasonal month for us. I did check several stations which weren't near big airports, and some of those stations had higher departures. I think higher elevations and folks w/ slightly northern latitudes were slightly cooler. During 3-4 consecutive mornings recently we had very heavy fog which elevated temps above morning norms. The final average for TRI is 0.8F. It came out this morning. We were about 1" BN for precip. Highs were slightly AN and lows were slightly BN(which probably runs against my fog theory!). That does kind of fit a slightly drier month than normal - like a desert in some ways.

TRI will finish the month of November ~roughly +0.9F above normal. It was a wild month with wild rides. The highest high temp for the month was 71F. Four days later the high was 38F! The month featured a few days where wind chills were in the teens during the day. I have one tree which normally keeps its leaves until late December. It's leaves are all gone now - thankfully! The cold snaps and wind did the trick. We did manage about 0.5" of snow mid-month. I suspect our winter will mirror this pattern - extremes!

I will take either background state as long as it is weak - Nino or Nina. It seems like the last few winters have had a dominant ENSO state, but also strong elements of the opposite background state. I think that is probably due there not being a strong difference between the colder Nina water and the warmer water around it -> What is the word for that? In other words, the lack of sharp differences creates kind of a muted ENSO effect. Is the IO still slated to be quiet?

Just looking through modeling and catching up some(yes, I was at that abomination of a ball game yesterday...but still enjoyed being with my family!), there are some really close calls in the medium range. IF modeling is incorrect about the strength of the cold incoming, areas north of I40 could see some frozen precip. This is something that will have to monitored with each event. Seems like we have a Gulf system in that window where systems are lost. Let's see if it reappears.

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I think the MJO is correcting into colder phases with maybe a loop back into 7. The Euro/EPS/EMON has been decent of late in predicting the next plot. I suspect models and ensembles will continue to correct to a colder look. And man, do you all remember ColdRain on the old SE forum. This was his type of day IMBY. RealFeels at 40F w/ light drizzle falling. Scuzzy weather. I like it, but it isn't for everyone.

12z Euro/CMC vs GFS in regards to cold and storminess. Could be a rough ride for the GFS.

The great thing is that it is late fall and early winter. Should have more chances. Early December is bonus.

Haha. Let's hope so. I try to post in snippets as I have found over the years that those are easier to read than the essay posts - which I still use. In other words, I think it is easier for folks (most of us are used to social media posts which are shorter) to ready the shorter posts. Plus, sometimes I will have a big post which is "in process" as I look at model suites...and then it gets lost due to a refresh or any number of user errors. Plus, I can delete an inaccurate or poorly worded "shorter" post and not lose an entire train of thought. Truly, it is a lot more fun when everyone else is posting. I like that the most by a long shot. I think that is when our forum is at its best. When it is quiet over the holidays or weekday mornings...sometimes I will post more. But you all make the place what it is.

The 18z GFS is right along the Ohio River Valley w/ the southern edge of the system. I could make a good case for either result. Climatology tends to support the northern track, but it really depends on how strong the high is over the top of this system.

The 18z GFS does not have this. But here is the 18z RGEM at range. I think the GFS is a bit too amped. The RGEM might be a little over done in Middle TN, but time of day is crucial. This is basically a midnight to 1:00AM onset.

This kind of feels like one of these patterns where the warm pattern sits at about d13-15 and holds for a while. Models really want to rush through the cold phases of the MJO, and that often ends up being an error. It really looks like it wants to take its time. Modeling was about 7-10 days too fast w/ the cold snap, and likely will be similar when we flip back warm. I mean at some point during a La Nina winter, that trough has to slide into the Mountain West, right? OTH, there is some brainstorming that this pattern is starting to show some Nino tendencies. We do NOT want a La Nada in E TN. Weak ENSO(Nada or Nino) is preferred. The Euro Weeklies look good for most of December. They do show the trough eventually backing West, but that likely happens due to normal pattern cycles as well. Here is the kicker...if that SSW finally works its way into the TPV, that warmup might not be real. There is a risk of a double dip cold snap. Nina climatology(cold December) + early season SSW (cold early and/or mid Jan) is on the table. I do not think modeling even remotely has this pattern modeled well. The -NAO on the 12z suites was prominent. If that deal is real, things could get really squirrelly. I will be really surprised if we don't have something to track very soon.

Here are the d10-15 or d11-16 500 anomaly comparisons from the big four ensembles...Heights over Greenland are rising. BN heights over the SE. EPO/PNA ridge. BN heights over Alaska. It is correct that BN heights over Alaska don't teleconnect to BN heights over the SE as a general rule. But old school winters would have a cold Alaska and cold Southeast with an almost continuous cold feed from the Yukon into the Ohio Valley. It isn't without precedent, but recent climo is more or less against it. Interestingly, on the GEFS, the BN heights over Alaska are temporary and maybe on one other ensemble. Either way, that is a pretty decent cold signal for the first half of December. I won't rule out a big ridge rolling through for a few days.