December 2025 regional war/obs/disco thread

[TheMainer]

Correction, -16 in the Main Stream valley I grew up in I drove through, where I saw -40 as a kid in 2009 before driving to school the day Maine set their record low at Big Black

[moneypitmike]

1 hour ago, Damage In Tolland said:

At least tomorrow the cracked ground will be wet by rain ! 

[weatherwiz]

11 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Man where has this been all my life? We need more stations with cams. Maine has a ton. 
https://weathercams.faa.gov/map/-73.6621,41.75626,-69.34447,46.42395

This is sick 

[WxWatcher007]

4 minutes ago, TheMainer said:

Correction, -16 in the Main Stream valley I grew up in I drove through, where I saw -40 as a kid in 2009 before driving to school the day Maine set their record low at Big Black

Man it’s hard for me to imagine -40. That must’ve been wild. 

[Damage In Tolland]

10 minutes ago, moneypitmike said:

Coming from the dude buried balls deep in snow in the worst climate area in the lower 48

[dryslot]

21 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Man where has this been all my life? We need more stations with cams. Maine has a ton. 
https://weathercams.faa.gov/map/-73.6621,41.75626,-69.34447,46.42395

Usually hit up the Maine cams.

https://maine-webcams.com/

[CoastalWx]

3 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Coming from the dude buried balls deep in snow in the worst climate area in the lower 48

The cutters return after next week, so soon this will all be I remember when stuff.

[dendrite]

5 minutes ago, dryslot said:

Usually hit up the Maine cams.

https://maine-webcams.com/

It’s more the fact that these are at the ASOS sites in a 360 view. 

[Kitz Craver]

4 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

The cutters return after next week, so soon this will all be I remember when stuff.

Kinda sad we are hoping and praying for a few inches we know will be washed away 

[dryslot]

2 minutes ago, dendrite said:

It’s more the fact that these are at the ASOS sites in a 360 view. 

True, But there in areas that we travel in winter.

[CoastalWx]

4 minutes ago, Kitz Craver said:

Kinda sad we are hoping and praying for a few inches we know will be washed away 

It’s getting stupid 

[TheMainer]

21 minutes ago, WxWatcher007 said:

Man it’s hard for me to imagine -40. That must’ve been wild. 

Honestly I've found below -15 it doesn't make much difference, we've snowmobiled at -25 to -35 and been comfortable with high windshields with low cross breeze, versus -10 and high cross wind was the worst I've ever rode. That -40 morning my old 95 Jeep sprung right to life versus at -10 it had an issue you had to hold your foot on the gas for 5 mins to prevent it from stalling, never figured that out before she rotted out a few years later. 

[RUNNAWAYICEBERG]

The beat goes on. 

[Snowcrazed71]

9 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

It’s getting stupid 

It is. But, like the past several years of a shyty December ( when it comes to Snow ) hoping that we still manage to have a good Winter overall ( and I feel there is enough positive things going on that when we get into January and February, we will see things kick into gear, Snow wise ).

December is far from over

[TauntonBlizzard2013]

6 minutes ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said:

The beat goes on. 

Ensembles don’t look great for Sunday. Lots of nothing with some decent members mixed in.

i think it’s a dangerous game for people to be playing with regards to thinking this one will have to work out because we’ve been porked so bad 

[CoastalWx]

6 minutes ago, Snowcrazed71 said:

It is. But, like the past several years of a shyty December ( when it comes to Snow ) hoping that we still manage to have a good Winter overall ( and I feel there is enough positive things going on that when we get into January and February, we will see things kick into gear, Snow wise ).

December is far from over

I’m not sold on those months at all with SE ridge perking up. 
 

[Typhoon Tip]

1 minute ago, CoastalWx said:

I’m not sold on those months at all with SE ridge perking up. 
 

Flower February 

[CoastalWx]

Ensembles looked ok to me for later Sunday. It’s a flat wave and won’t have strong low pressure, just a finger of moisture well ahead of it. 

[TauntonBlizzard2013]

Clown range gfs has a nice Rainer on Christmas for all of New England. Hopefully we can get that to verify 

[MJO812]

24 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

It’s getting stupid 

It really is. Maybe the southern mid atlantic is the new SNE for snow.

[WinterWolf]

29 minutes ago, Kitz Craver said:

Kinda sad we are hoping and praying for a few inches we know will be washed away 

That’s how it goes in SNE more often than jot. Nothing new.  

[Spanks45]

13 minutes ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said:

The beat goes on. 

outside of a rogue blizzard, looks like we are well on our way to another below to well below average winter with regards to snowfall....cool stuff

[WinterWolf]

1 minute ago, Spanks45 said:

outside of a rogue blizzard, looks like we are well on our way to another below to well below average winter with regards to snowfall....cool stuff

Ya, we know this on 12/9? This is a foolish statement.  But you go ahead and roll with that. Maybe you’ll be correct? 

[WinterWolf]

34 minutes ago, Kitz Craver said:

Kinda sad we are hoping and praying for a few inches we know will be washed away 

Boxing day 2010 snow was gone a few days later, and it was warm and wet on NYE that December.  

[RUNNAWAYICEBERG]

Maybe he will be correct, maybe he won’t. Everything is just unknown.

[WinterWolf]

3 hours ago, tavwtby said:

down to 7/0 here, maybe another half hour before it starts to warm..the 9th was still colder at 4.3

Isn’t today the 9th…? 

[WinterWolf]

1 minute ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said:

Maybe he will be correct, maybe he won’t. Everything is just unknown.

Ain’t that the truth. But just a silly statement to make on 12/9. 

[Great Snow 1717]

9 minutes ago, Spanks45 said:

outside of a rogue blizzard, looks like we are well on our way to another below to well below average winter with regards to snowfall....cool stuff

[WinterWolf]

1 hour ago, moneypitmike said:

yup......that won't start until a week or so after the solstice.  

More than that…I believe it’s not until like 1/3 or so when we start to gain in the morning. 
Ya, enjoy the extra 3 or 4 seconds this afternoon…it’ll go by fast. 

[WxWatcher007]

18 minutes ago, Snowcrazed71 said:

It is. But, like the past several years of a shyty December ( when it comes to Snow ) hoping that we still manage to have a good Winter overall ( and I feel there is enough positive things going on that when we get into January and February, we will see things kick into gear, Snow wise ).

December is far from over

I totally get the angst with...you know, North Carolina having measurable snow and much of the subforum failing in the early December chance, but this stuff is a little short sighted, even for me who reminder: canceled winter early January last year and that was still too optimistic lol. 

We really want to cash in on the pattern before whatever relaxation, I've said it's imperative. But even if we didn't if we got some random clipper to drop an inch or two on Dec 24 most would be happy and turn the page to tracking for 2026. You can only rely on it so much, but not having an absolute blowtorch or well defined Grinch showing up at range is a good thing. A really good thing. 

6 minutes ago, WinterWolf said:

That’s how it goes in SNE more often than jot. Nothing new.  

By Christmas Day, BDL's monthly and seasonal normal are 7.6"/9.7" respectively. At BDR they are 4.0"/5.0". We should hope for climo, and I think it can be done, as much of a torpedo pattern this is. 

I loathe the fast flow overall for SNE, but I'd rather have that with plenty of opportunities for something than tracking one shortwave every 10 days.