January 2026 General Discussion

[Spartman]

The new year is near, but things look rather boring during the first half of January before even anticipating a real pattern change afterwards. Discuss.

[cyclone77]

The final third of Jan will be rockin'.

[Spartman]

The first third of the month's certainly not good. TWC/Wunderground's wanting first full week of January to be repeats of Januaries 1998 and 2023 with a blowtorch. 

[OrdIowPitMsp]

7F with 1mi visibility and snow. What a way to kick off 2026, happy New Year to everyone. 

[cutlew]

7F with 1mi visibility and snow. What a way to kick off 2026, happy New Year to everyone. 

Prettiest of our daily morning snows this week


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[mimillman]

Heavy virga 

[Frog Town]

If this works out, it will be a repeat of last year.  I've said it a 1000x's before, the cold needs to be centered to our west for this sub to be in any kind of action other than the nickel and diming we've been experiencing.    

[roardog]

16 minutes ago, Frog Town said:

If this works out, it will be a repeat of last year.  I've said it a 1000x's before, the cold needs to be centered to our west for this sub to be in any kind of action other than the nickel and diming we've been experiencing.    

Everyone has been complaining the last few years that we don't get clippers anymore. Well, do you want a clipper pattern or not? lol

[Brian D]

Snow showers this morning. Might have eeked out 0.1" of fluff with that heavier band that went through. +/- sd's across NE MN this morning. Keeping my eye out for something decent 7-10 days out. My modelling method is showing potential, it looks like gov models are picking up on it, too. 

[RogueWaves]

32 minutes ago, roardog said:

Everyone has been complaining the last few years that we don't get clippers anymore. Well, do you want a clipper pattern or not? lol

The only thing wrong with this Nina pattern is his latitude. I'm nearly 50% AN to date on snow fall. I wouldn't complain if it wants to get even better, but nothing wrong here so far.

[Malacka11]

Clipper patterns are still enjoyable and I'll definitely take them over nothing, but they're a side dish, not the main course.

I was going to say some stupid shit about not being able to build a snowpack off of clippers but then I remembered we started our late November show with not a clipper. I guess rather they excel at refreshing what's there, but right now that's not what we need.