January 2026 OBS and Discussion

[NEG NAO]

8 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

you have the precip outlook maps to post ? - this time of year below normal temps here  almost guarantee frozen precip

[MJO812]

10 minutes ago, NEG NAO said:

you have the precip outlook maps to post ? - this time of year below normal temps here  almost guarantee frozen precip

 

[MJO812]

[NEG NAO]

4 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

Upton is unsure about this but mentions in their discussion its possible - anyones guess right now

[WeatherGeek2025]

[snowman19]

2 hours ago, NEG NAO said:

Upton is unsure about this but mentions in their discussion its possible - anyones guess right now

FROPA

[MJO812]

11 minutes ago, snowman19 said:

FROPA

Yep right now

[Krs4Lfe]

5 hours ago, NEG NAO said:

Upton is unsure about this but mentions in their discussion its possible - anyones guess right now

Looks like good snow showers and squalls over Appalachian mountains and inland regions of PA and New England. Those rarely ever make it to the coast. Looks cold enough for accumulation though if anything does fall. 

[MJO812]

1 hour ago, Krs4Lfe said:

Looks like good snow showers and squalls over Appalachian mountains and inland regions of PA and New England. Those rarely ever make it to the coast. Looks cold enough for accumulation though if anything does fall. 

Lets see

[Krs4Lfe]

Looks decent for some light snow accumulations in New England on New Years day but those usually don't pan out well for us down here. FROPA is usually all dried out for us

[Krs4Lfe]

Looks nice and cold to end December and to start January. That warmup became very muted and only limited to like 2 days, as opposed to some depictions of a torch between Christmas and New Years. But throughout the first week of January, the Northeast is really the only region that will be colder than normal. Yes, there is an increasing likelihood that areas further west and south become colder but they've been so warm for so long now. Typical La Nina down there I guess, but the persistent warmth in the west and Central US is more surprising

[snowman19]

31 minutes ago, Krs4Lfe said:

Looks decent for some light snow accumulations in New England on New Years day but those usually don't pan out well for us down here. FROPA is usually all dried out for us

Arctic FROPA’s tend to squeeze whatever little bit of moisture there is out of the atmosphere when they pass. There may be some dustings/coatings in parts of the area, but that’s about it. As you said, we normally end up getting the downsloping NW flow off the Apps which usually dries the snow showers and squalls out 

[MJO812]

Rgem

[MJO812]

Have to watch this

[snowman19]

17 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

Have to watch this

Still FROPA. Extremely minimal QPF

[mob1]

This is probably the next period to highlight 

[Krs4Lfe]

10 minutes ago, snowman19 said:

Still FROPA. Extremely minimal QPF

Nothing more than mood flakes most likely. Models have the tendency to overdo depictions of snow showers (which can perform very well for Upstate PA, NY and New England but completely dry out by the time they reach here. Either way, temps in the 20s all throughout so anything that does fall will stick but unlikely anything falls at all

[Stormlover74]

6 minutes ago, mob1 said:

This is probably the next period to highlight 

Gfs has a couple clippers around that time

[MJO812]

17 minutes ago, Stormlover74 said:

Gfs has a couple clippers around that time

Big dog on the cmc. Eps is hinting at this timeframe.