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Pittsburgh/Western PA WINTER ‘25/‘26


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15 hours ago, north pgh said:

Is it safe so say models are locking in to some type of storm next Sunday?

Those are the key words. :lol:

It looks likely we see some sort of storm somewhere in the east. The pattern is in transition this week though, so that's going to add even more uncertainty. Depending on timing and track, there may be enough residual cold and blocking left for snow. After the 15th though, I think we probably see a "real" thaw and stack at least a couple days above average in a row. 

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While it has been a fairly cold and snowy winter, overall, especially relative to recent history, we haven't totally escaped warm spells.

December was 40F+ between the 17th and 29th, including those final two days of 64F.  January also had a warm burst, though shorter in duration, between the 5th and 14th.  Not that anyone would remember now, haha.

We're definitely losing the favorable meta-factors.  All indices look to flip: -PNA, +AO, and +NAO.  EPO region looks to go back to positive, as well.  In fact, it looks like a lot like that December alignment.

In that sense, we could, in theory, look at a two-week period (give or take) of generally warmer temps.  The timing of that is unfortunate because we'd be losing some of the prime winter portions in the heart of February, our second-snowiest month, on average.

The remaining question is if the pattern reloads again come March, or if we slide into an even warmer pattern long-term.  I think the former is more likely, as we've seen multiple times already this year, but that is always TBD.

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This tweet from Feb 4. Here we are Feb 8 and the AI almighty ( Google Graphcast) has a similar map forecasted as the human researched 4 storm analog did 4 days ago. So model is coming to me, which means nothing unless it happens. The analog method has risk Pick the wrong ones and you are wrong. But if you dissect the pattern right , this will be an example of a 10-12 day call. It's fun because you change the forecast only once, right before the storm, and then you bring in models to hone in on the details. I wonder what the old-timers who taught me, the analog members, would do today with this new-order AI stuff. They were way ahead of their time. I was fortunate enough to be around to learn from them and to have their work ethic

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1 hour ago, blackngoldrules said:
19 hours ago, north pgh said:
Is it safe so say models are locking in to some type of storm next Sunday?

NWS has a possible freezing rain to rain scenario as of now. Temps in the upper 30s Sunday.

I was on the verge of giving up for the weekend... but latest CMC has almost perfect scenario for us. Its going to require a perfect track.  UKie is similar to CMC with period of heavy snow.

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1 hour ago, colonel717 said:

I was on the verge of giving up for the weekend... but latest CMC has almost perfect scenario for us. Its going to require a perfect track.  UKie is similar to CMC with period of heavy snow.

Primary seems to hang on too long to feel any comfort. Haven't really looked at it yet.

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I have not changed ideas on next weeks storm. Nor have I changed ideas on how the met community is being sold a bill of goods on AI's The is the latest Google graphcast at 500 mb. After 5 straight runs showing a major trough in the east, its got a wimp going thru the south, Is it right? Well it could be. I dont believe it.But how the heck is a model supposedly so good and less than a week out, it has that kind of change on a run. What has happened hemispherically to cause that?
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44 minutes ago, Rd9108 said:

Models look interesting for the weekend. Still too far out but maybe a chance at a minor-moderate snowfall. 

What are you seeing? I am not seeing anything for our area outside a possible few flakes. I see the UK crushes to the east. I am getting vibes of 2021. We had a great Dec and January then winter stopped here by early February while other areas had great rest of winter.

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29 minutes ago, TheClimateChanger said:

Hard to believe it was -5F yesterday morning! Must be one of the bigger day-to-day swings on record.

Off the top of my head, I can come up with a 14F to 76F swing from the morning of 3/29/22 to the afternoon of 3/30/22.

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The good news is nothing on horizon for next 10-15 days. Should be nice slow snow melt so no floods. Then wait to see if we have one last gasp of winter. 

I was out grilling for lunch. Nice to smell burgers cooking on the grill. Spring right around the corner.

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Only I and the Canadian are left with any storm threat in the NE Feb 15-16. But until I can see what this looks like when it reaches the w coast, and I am sure the northern branch does not feed a piece in, no change in ideas This way I am wrong once. If they models come back alot of people are wrong multiple times, since they parrot the models if they are using models. But people that have been saying nothing is coming for a while certainly own the field now. Touche

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Glad I'm not the only one enjoying a day like this. All that brutal cold day after day, week after week, just gets old along with the giant mounds of snow everywhere. Finally got to wash my car and get that metal eating, paint eating salt off of it. Good to have a day where you can walk outside and your face doesn't hurt! Lol

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Yes, it was a gorgeous day. Looks like we’ll keep some snowpack, though looking at the extended it’s on borrowed time and will likely be gone this weekend. All good things must come to an end. I’m intrigued to see how warm we can get next week. 60s seem possible if not likely.

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