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I dipped below freezing and am now sitting at 29F. This is a top 5 event of the winter so far.

Lol...you almost made me get off the couch and look at the porch light!

Still, I'm sure the local news is going to make it sound like the next ice age is upon us.

Currently my forecasted highs for Fri and Sat are 32F and 33F. I remember when arctic outbreaks meant daytime highs struggled to reach the low teens.

Didn't think the storms were all that bad IMBY yesterday, but I was wrong. My end of the street is fine, but a few 100 yards at the other end, these's a downed tree, utility pole and plenty of large limbs. I've seen the same thing driving around the Lansdale/Towamecin area today. Not sure how I lucked out w/o any damage, but glad I did.

Yep, getting a pretty good snow shower right now -- probably a top 3 event for this winter. 35F.

My trash cans are still standing. Either the winds weren't that strong or I threw out a lot of $&*# this week.

Same here. No thunder, though.

Can hear the winds roaring aloft. Storms about 15-20 minutes to my west.

And it’s under 72 hours...lock it up!!

Girardi alone is probably good enough for 4-5 more wins this season.

Read Don S's thoughts in your forum -- based on current Pac SSTA's, the MJO's base state may be more prone to stay in the warm phases going forward.

Yeah, I really didn't think this year could be as bad as last year...or worse. HA! Hopefully we're adding to the WDI (We're Due Index) for an upcoming winter.

I knew we were in trouble a couple of weeks ago when Wes (usedtobe) started posting again in the MA forum. (Just kidding, Wes.) Anyway... I'd be curious to learn what the models have been picking up on or dismissing these past two winters as they keep showing improving patterns in the LR that never get inside 7 days. Maybe it's nothing at all. Maybe is just some sort of model default past 240 hours.

Even though he didn't play here, I have the same feeling I did when I heard the news about Pelle Lindbergh and Jerome Brown.

fwiw... AccuWx still likes the idea of colder air working its way east in Feb with the possibility of snow chances for the east coast. We'll see...

Very reminiscent of the late 80's/early 90's where we did that stretch from 86/87 to 92/93 with not much to show for it. At least we're not alone, looks like European and Russian weenies are in the same boat as us.

Another winter of always being 10 days away from being 10 days away. No deep dive here, I keep seeing consistent ridging over east Asia and I know that's a bad look for us.

35 weeks till fall! BRING IT!

This. Now what I remember and what actually happened may be two different things, but... Growing up in the 70's and 80's, it seemed every forecast for a sizable storm included the words "blowing and drifting". And I remember it seemed very cold air masses would follow those storms. For instance, if yesterday's storm occurred 40 years ago, it would be in the teens today and everything would be a frozen block of ice. As great as 2009-10 was, I don't recall it being particularly cold after those storms. Even the blizzard of 2016 didn't feature any remarkable cold afterward.

I will say I don't recall anyone forecasting an epic winter this year. But most did say something along the lines of, "if nothing else, this winter should be better than last year." To the point you made yesterday Ralph, last winter WAS BETTER than this one so far. If nothing else, we had the November storm. Still, it's only 1/16. I'm not expecting a huge turn around, but maybe we can luck into a few fluke events so it's not a total fail.

Too early to say for sure, but certainly having flashbacks to last year when the really good looks in the LR started to get muted as we moved forward in time. Deja vu all over again!

Agreed, Paul. The positive departures we've set so far may be too much to overcome for the winter as a whole. But give me a period of cold and frozen during our peak climo and I'll be more than happy.

8pm and it's still 66F. Wonder if someone would have made a run at 80F today with full sun??

My current forecasted low Saturday into Sunday is 60F.