lmao if this is the pattern projected by the best ENS at 8 days out and everyone wants to downplay it for whatever reason, then whatever, but it's a bit foolish to me. I personally don't understand it at all
I personally don't care what the snowfall outputs are when the longwave pattern is this favorable. something big usually pops there, and it often favors BOS to DCA
compare this to the pattern one day before all of NYC's 18"+ storms. the pattern shown here and the composite are very similar. that's why it's exciting
I get what you mean, but I feel like you're missing the forest for the trees here. the longwave setup is almost perfect. will it produce? we can't say that yet, but this pattern gives us a much, much better shot than normal
lmao it's like 8 days out. the ensembles are way more important than the OP
the OP is basically betting on one ENS member to give you snow. makes no sense at this range
I say this with all due respect, but I am not sure what else you'd want to look for on a Day 8 ENS output for major storm potential. it checks every box
I don't care about snowfall output when I see that high-end 500mb configuration. lots of members pop coastals, but of course there's going to be a lot of spread at this range when 52 members are involved
the bang usually occurs when the -NAO decays. that's why this signal is so compelling
I do think that the models are overdoing just how fast the NAO decays, though. we should see some semblance of it for much of the month, but this is the main event
EPS is absurd for next weekend
there's pretty much everything here for a major storm
vigorous S/W digging over the Plains
decaying -NAO over north central Canada
highly anomalous 50/50 ULL
ridging building upstream
EPS is absurd for next weekend
there's pretty much everything here for a major storm
vigorous S/W digging over the Plains
decaying -NAO over north central Canada
highly anomalous 50/50 ULL
ridging building upstream
there's pretty much everything here for a major storm
vigorous S/W digging over the Plains
decaying -NAO over north central Canada
highly anomalous 50/50 ULL
ridging building upstream
high amplitude blocking patterns like this are absolute hell for modeling. I would just focus on the ensembles and really try not to place too much emphasis on OP runs. there are going to be so many wildly different solutions
either way, I find it hard to believe that an impactful storm won't pop from this at some point through the 15th, even if most OP runs don't see it now. this is a powder keg setup
the EPS continues to improve, and the GEFS made a huge shift last night towards the EPS/GEPS with regards to booting the S/W out of the west. gets a lot more of the vort into the Plains. good ENS runs last night
06z EPS made some nice improvements. the S/W is a bit less held back, the block is stronger, and so is the 50/50… less downstream ridging and the 50/50 pokes more into the NE US