WxWatcher007

13th still on the Euro. Models will waffle for a while. Main takeaway is that the pattern is ripe for something. No need to live and die on each run.

Winter weenie souls from Manhattan to Methuen are at stake.

Imperative that we cash in on one of these…

BTV now going with 4” here. Should be a good little clipper. Let’s keep juicing through game time.

We proceed with extreme caution

BTV is down on it, but some models are looking juicy

Anger mounting under sunny skies Southeast ridges crushing souls Yule-tide carols being dumped by a choir And AC installs are apropos Everybody knows, a cutter and some rising dews Help to make the season right Tiny tots with their eyes filled with tears Will find it hard to sleep tonight They know the Grinch on his way (oh he’s comin’) He's loaded rain, and warmth, and woodsheds on his sleigh And every mother's child is gonna cry As fathers smash all their presents nearby And so I'm offering this simple phrase To kids from one to ninety-two Although it's been said many times, many ways Merry Christmas to you

Dark thoughts on this Saturday morning

The Grinch is always lurking. Just a part of life now. If we got a blizzard on the 12-13th I’d still worry about a disaster in advance of Christmas.

Congrats to all that got snow!

I want to say it’s a “what can go wrong, will go wrong” type of pattern, but stepping back, we weren’t expecting most of NE to get snow in the first week of December until the models sold us that hopium of a SNE event. In fact, we were expecting a torch the week prior. That system trended colder at the low levels at the last second, giving more people frozen than we assumed just 24 hours prior, and today some of those areas are getting measurable, albeit minor, from a Fraud 5. The pattern is far from ideal, but we’re looking into the few days before Christmas now and a torch looks increasingly unlikely with plenty of shortwaves moving through the flow. The tradeoff is no KU potential, but I’m sure 90% of the subforum would take cold and no Grinch with minor stuff delivering at least some cover through Christmas than some high risk high reward pattern. If we get to the 20th and it’s snake eyes, then it’s time to sound the alarm.

I think it’d be catastrophic to get through this particular pattern without at least climo December snow, but it’s clear we’re going to be riding the line so to speak with this fast flow torpedo shortwave pattern. No time to worry yet. Keep the eastern warmth at bay and keep allowing our source region in SE Canada to freeze.

Just popping in to say congrats to everyone that…oh…

An air quality alert and cold weather advisory for wind chills up to -55. Currently -27 at the airport. Vodka cold. Boy, I sure do hope they find relief with a big ridge over their head sometime around Christmas.

Snow depth of 8” here.

There’s the rev we know and love

I wanted a wood stove but the prior owners spent a lot putting in a propane one. I must admit it’s pretty nice not dealing with clean up but I miss the crackling sound and the smell of an old fashioned fireplace.

Euro with the ivt across much of CT tomorrow. A little skeptical but we’ll see.

Gotta teach ‘em young! Congrats!

Coldest shoveling I’ve ever done this morning. Temps between -5 and -10 with diamond dust in the air. Got a couple great pics this morning.

Low of -11.6° at WXW2/Low of -22 at SLK Low of 9.6° at WXW1/Low of 11 at HFD Currently -9.9° here with a slight breeze. SLK has had a wind chill of -33 whenever they’ve kicked up a light breeze.

Canceled for the superstorm?

Got a halftime walk in. You know it’s cold when condensation from your breath is freezing on your face. -3.6° and -14.6 WC with a pesky light wind. It’s -11 to my north where there is no wind.

It’ll be a deathbed for some if they get fringed. KIDDING, KIDDING!