December Medium/Long Range Discussion

[WxUSAF]

1 minute ago, Chris78 said:

Does it have it but to north on Sunday?

Just seems weak based on precip. Doesn’t give anybody a ton of love.

[ravensrule]

10 minutes ago, WxUSAF said:

Just seems weak based on precip. Doesn’t give anybody a ton of love.

Just a little love is enough for me. It's not the size of the ship, it's the motion in the ocean. 

[mattie g]

1 hour ago, Ralph Wiggum said:

My point exactly. 2 weeks out going to flip flop quite a bit. Saw that over the last 24 hours already wrt that time period

Agreed. Op models are going to show vastly different results at these kinds of ranges - we all know this.

Will it remain cold with chances of snow at Christmas? I personally hope so, but if it torches, then I break out the clubs and get a few rounds in while I’m on PTO (and I honestly would play even if it’s chilly and dry). It’s a win-win!

[JenkinsJinkies]

23 minutes ago, mattie g said:

Agreed. Op models are going to show vastly different results at these kinds of ranges - we all know this.

Will it remain cold with chances of snow at Christmas? I personally hope so, but if it torches, then I break out the clubs and get a few rounds in while I’m on PTO (and I honestly would play even if it’s chilly and dry). It’s a win-win!

At this point in December 2017 all the models were in two camps. An arctic blast or highs in the 70s on Christmas.

[TSSN+]

Nam pretty juicy west of us at hour 60, beefed up from 12z let’s see if it equals better here 

[TSSN+]

Comes in looking good then just vaporizes 

[TSSN+]

You’d think ok this looks good. Then next frame just evaporates.

 

[TSSN+]

That would suck. But not buying it 

[PrinceFrederickWx]

6 minutes ago, TSSN+ said:

That would suck. But not buying it 

I have watched a many a snowstorm get chewed up by mountains lol

[NorthArlington101]

As mentioned earlier, EPS is more onboard with Friday than Sunday. Pretty decent consensus for a light event Friday... less for Sunday. Not a lot of upside for either at least via the ens.

[NorthArlington101]

Funny enough though, the AIFS hates Friday and likes Sunday better.

[NorthArlington101]

GEFS likes Friday slightly more but has more upside for the Sunday system. 

[adelphi_sky]

17 minutes ago, PrinceFrederickWx said:

I have watched a many a snowstorm get chewed up by mountains lol

Yeah. I thought that was the rule here. Which is why we hate clippers. They don't tap that gulf moisture so the moisture it does have gets wasted on the west side of the mountains. Upslope?

[TSSN+]

4 minutes ago, adelphi_sky said:

Yeah. I thought that was the rule here. Which is why we hate clippers. They don't tap that gulf moisture so the moisture it does have gets wasted on the west side of the mountains. Upslope?

They usually don’t dry up as much as modeled and also with how juiced it looked coming over the mountains thought would result in a better light event. Will see what future runs show if anything at all. 

[adelphi_sky]

1 minute ago, TSSN+ said:

They usually don’t dry up as much as modeled and also with how juiced it looked coming over the mountains thought would result in a better light event. Will see what future runs show if anything at all. 

Could it be because of the cold weather? low dew points? Instead of a clipper with temps closer to 32F? 

[TSSN+]

Just now, adelphi_sky said:

Could it be because of the cold weather? low dew points? Instead of a clipper with temps closer to 32F? 

Probably a mute point as I’m sure 0z will show something completely different lol 

[mitchnick]

Rgem and Icon have nothing for Friday. Hard to have confidence in anything but flurries without total model support.

[TSSN+]

9 minutes ago, mitchnick said:

Rgem and Icon have nothing for Friday. Hard to have confidence in anything but flurries without total model support.

Hard to have confidence in anything anymore outside 2/3 days. Though I wouldn’t put my faith in icon for sure.