Winter 2025-26

[bncho]

11 minutes ago, JenkinsJinkies said:

I wonder what the conditions would have to be where one can reliability say that 2003/2010/2016 will never happen again even if you live in Boston and if you want that level of snow again you’ll have to move north AND up in elevation.

you'll probably be dead by then

[dailylurker]

2 minutes ago, bncho said:

you'll probably be dead by then

I'd say 200-300 years. But who knows. Mother nature will probably throw a curve ball and we'll have ice age lol

[Ephesians2]

I could see it being a -EPO / -PNA / southeast ridge kind of winter with a few brief but relatively intense cold shots but overall warmer than last year. I've heard that the North Atlantic anomalies signal a +NAO, but if we get some transient blocking in January or even March, we could luck into something. 2021-22 was mostly like that except for Jan and we had chances. I don't even think there was much blocking that year. If we had had Dec 2022 later on, it also could have produced. Something like 2017-2018 or last year is probably the best case scenario.

(I'm using 1981-2010 anomalies in this image on purpose. It's just so hard to get a legitimately cold winter now. Even this September is likely going to end up above normal here.)

[stormy]

On 9/15/2025 at 6:51 AM, stormy said:

Sometimes fall patterns can be harbingers for the coming winter.

1977 is an excellent example.

Low pressure over eastern NC. tomorrow with chilly high pressure wedging down from New England.......................  Can this become a habit as we slide into winter????

Again, low pressure to the south over NC, with high pressure to the north over eastern NY.

Cool with .73" rain. Could be a snow threat in January..........

[Jebman]

On 9/12/2025 at 8:53 AM, katabatic said:

That was a pretty good storm out in the Garrett County area as well. I ended up with exactly a foot.

I remember man you absolutely slayed it when you paid a visit to the high country in the West and got to jebwalk in 11 feet of fresh snow up there!

I was so damn jealous it wasn't even funny. Then and now.

[mitchnick]

[frd]

1 hour ago, mitchnick said:

That must be mostly Siberia I would think. But, still good.