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January 2026 Medium/Long Range Discussion


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12 minutes ago, Ji said:

still a big disconnect between the streams

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The NW-->SE flow that has been prevalent for the past 45+ days will not allow for a storm to spin up. We need the PNA to go decently positive or we're screwed if this pattern continues the rest of the season. Not totally screwed, of course, but limited to northern stream clippers, or clipper like systems, with accumulations of 1-4" max. Of course, it's been weeks since we had one of those, so they're not a guarantee either.

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27 minutes ago, mitchnick said:

The NW-->SE flow that has been prevalent for the past 45+ days will not allow for a storm to spin up. We need the PNA to go decently positive or we're screwed if this pattern continues the rest of the season. Not totally screwed, of course, but limited to northern stream clippers, or clipper like systems, with accumulations of 1-4" max. Of course, it's been weeks since we had one of those, so they're not a guarantee either.

last legit storm we had was Dec 2. That was the one the GFS was showing 20 inches for. Had that storm happened a week later, we would have 8-10 inches of snow this winter and id be alot quiter. that was a nice southern stream event

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29 minutes ago, mitchnick said:

The NW-->SE flow that has been prevalent for the past 45+ days will not allow for a storm to spin up. We need the PNA to go decently positive or we're screwed if this pattern continues the rest of the season. Not totally screwed, of course, but limited to northern stream clippers, or clipper like systems, with accumulations of 1-4" max. Of course, it's been weeks since we had one of those, so they're not a guarantee either.

i call that a block because its so persistent. Its the NSFU block. No snow for you or some other words

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1 hour ago, Ji said:

last legit storm we had was Dec 2. That was the one the GFS was showing 20 inches for. Had that storm happened a week later, we would have 8-10 inches of snow this winter and id be alot quiter. that was a nice southern stream event

I had 3.5" on 12/14. Higher elevations in Northern MD got upwards of 5". That was the last and only "decent" event up here this year, though I've had a couple 1/2"'ers and 3 or 4 days of trace snow. 

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39 minutes ago, Ji said:

last legit storm we had was Dec 2. That was the one the GFS was showing 20 inches for. Had that storm happened a week later, we would have 8-10 inches of snow this winter and id be alot quiter. that was a nice southern stream event

One of your best posts… and you’re right. That wave rode along that thermal boundary and dropped 0.7-1” of QPF across the area. The thermal boundary would have been much more forgiving around Dec 15 and it would have been more or less snow/mix for most of us.

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10 minutes ago, IronTy said:

JB asked Grok about the MJO and it basically told him to come back in early February.  Also he admitted the 1985 analog is off the table.  Not sure what took its place, I was too disgusted to listen to the rest of it.  

What an amazing meteorologist.

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8 minutes ago, bncho said:

What an amazing meteorologist.

It's even worse.  Because I needed my daily dose of melancholy I listened to the rest of it, hoping for some rah rah pep talk about the Arctic freight train about to let loose.  Joke's on me, it basically ended with him and ominous phase-6 and SER talk and hinting that we're SOL if the ridge pumps.  When you've even lost JB from your team in the quest for winter then shit's pretty dire.  He tried half heartedly to throw out 2014 as an analog but I could tell even he didn't believe his own words.  

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14 minutes ago, CAPE said:

Love the look around the 20th, even though its pretty far off. Best signal there for something across ens guidance.

The 14th-15th window is also sneaky good imo. Have liked the mid month period in general for awhile now.

It has always been mid month. People talk about can kicks but it’s just them getting impatient lol

 

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23 minutes ago, CAPE said:

Love the look around the 20th, even though its pretty far off. Best signal there for something across ens guidance.

The 14th-15th window is also sneaky good imo. Have liked the mid month period in general for awhile now.

 

As you mentioned, ensemble guidance again today showed a workable pattern for week 2 that should offer chances for Winter storms.

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