January 2026 Medium/Long Range Discussion

[DSF]

1 hour ago, bncho said:

I'm getting literal chills from this pattern. Feb 2010 vibes.

I was literally just telling my son about Feb 2010 the other day before this storm showed up.

I really hope my kids get to see something like that.

[CAPE]

We we are close enough for snowfall maps to be useful given the strong signal for a storm across guidance.

[JenkinsJinkies]

9 minutes ago, DSF said:

I was literally just telling my son about Feb 2010 the other day before this storm showed up.

I really hope my kids get to see something like that.

That was a once in a generation event, we’re more likely to see another 2003/1996/2016 before that. 

[pazzo83]

22 minutes ago, JenkinsJinkies said:

That was a once in a generation event, we’re more likely to see another 2003/1996/2016 before that. 

yeah after the second storm, we had like 4' of snow on the ground in Philly.  Unreal.

[mattie g]

3 hours ago, H2O said:

I think suppression is least likely.  CMC showed how just a little more amped storm will slam those mids over top and there is more mix.  It's like roles reversed when back in the day the euro would hold things back and GFS went ham.  Now the gfs is laggy with pieces.  Topsy turvy world.  

But there is a storm.  Next 5 days will be hell as everyone loses their shit run to run when jack zones shift.  I'll just aim for 4" and be happy with whatever.  

[Terpeast]

59 minutes ago, DSF said:

I was literally just telling my son about Feb 2010 the other day before this storm showed up.

I really hope my kids get to see something like that.

I’ll say the same. I still have photos of myself with my dad standing next to 8 ft snow drifts by our house after the blizzard of 96.

Now I get excited for snow not just to scratch my own itch, but to share those special moments with my kids. 

[jayyy]

Knew I’d open the app to good news when I saw 300 new pages from this morning. Holy CMC

[SnowenOutThere]

12 minutes ago, Terpeast said:

I’ll say the same. I still have photos of myself with my dad standing next to 8 ft snow drifts by our house after the blizzard of 96.

Now I get excited for snow not just to scratch my own itch, but to share those special moments with my kids. 

I've been waiting so long to get a snowstorm man. I barely even remember 2016 so I need this as it'll be my first real storm memory.