Looking at the 3k NAM the warm layer in the initial thump has been getting less pronounced over the past few runs and is really only ~1000 ft deep around 6k feet. If this layer could cool just a degree we could get a nice thump even in DC metro
Surface temps while a problem isn’t the biggest issue. The models have consistently had us dropping to near freezing but rising just enough as the precip arrives especially between 700 and 850mb for it to be rain
I'm not sure why we have such a pocket of dry air as soon as your north of the Potomac coming into the event compared to everywhere else on the East Coast
The only thing about this winter that irks me is we JUST missed two major snowstorms on 1/10 and 2/20 by such minor nuances that applying the butterfly effect we didn't need much for a great winter
Yeah it's not normal but mostly just bad luck for your backyard since you've had chances but they've all underperformed for various small scale reasons