Spartman Posted December 30, 2025 Share Posted December 30, 2025 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted December 30, 2025 Share Posted December 30, 2025 The final third of Jan will be rockin'. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartman Posted Thursday at 01:50 AM Author Share Posted Thursday at 01:50 AM 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdIowPitMsp Posted Thursday at 02:43 PM Share Posted Thursday at 02:43 PM 7F with 1mi visibility and snow. What a way to kick off 2026, happy New Year to everyone. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cutlew Posted Thursday at 02:51 PM Share Posted Thursday at 02:51 PM 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. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimillman Posted Thursday at 05:19 PM Share Posted Thursday at 05:19 PM Heavy virga Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frog Town Posted Thursday at 05:44 PM Share Posted Thursday at 05:44 PM 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. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roardog Posted Thursday at 06:04 PM Share Posted Thursday at 06:04 PM 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 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted Thursday at 06:23 PM Share Posted Thursday at 06:23 PM 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueWaves Posted Thursday at 06:39 PM Share Posted Thursday at 06:39 PM 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted Thursday at 08:22 PM Share Posted Thursday at 08:22 PM 2 hours 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 Clippers are just to occupy us between the dogs lol 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malacka11 Posted Thursday at 09:47 PM Share Posted Thursday at 09:47 PM 1 hour ago, cyclone77 said: Clippers are just to occupy us between the dogs lol I think we also all took it for granted when we were clipperposting previously that such patterns usually don't have staying power issues because it's inherently a deep winter concept to the vibe-driven amateur. That's half of why everyone shit bricks so hard when the snow rug literally melted out from under our feet a few weeks ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueWaves Posted Thursday at 11:13 PM Share Posted Thursday at 11:13 PM 2 hours ago, cyclone77 said: Clippers are just to occupy us between the dogs lol They are nice for keeping a fresh look between dogs of all sizes. Problem is there's been way too many of them vs traditional snowstorms of any size. Personally, I'd like more of these to ring in the new year: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted Thursday at 11:35 PM Share Posted Thursday at 11:35 PM My best estimation is that I got 2.6" to 3.0" combining the last two days. (Now, it's snowing again) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nwohweather Posted Thursday at 11:37 PM Share Posted Thursday at 11:37 PM 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. I’m perfectly fine with this pattern, great for winter sports. Roads were awful after that band hit last night, I shutter to think how bad they’ll be if we get 8-12” in Toledo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted yesterday at 12:58 AM Share Posted yesterday at 12:58 AM 1 hour ago, nwohweather said: I’m perfectly fine with this pattern, great for winter sports. Roads were awful after that band hit last night, I shutter to think how bad they’ll be if we get 8-12” in Toledo Before I retired from the local Emergency Management Agency, I prayed for 8-12" (besides being a ). Serious accidents go way down because people can't drive like maniacs as they do when there's only an inch or two. Usually the worst issues are fender benders, slide offs or getting stuck. A slick interstate with only a little snow? Carnage. 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostfern Posted yesterday at 01:23 AM Share Posted yesterday at 01:23 AM 2 hours ago, RogueWaves said: They are nice for keeping a fresh look between dogs of all sizes. Problem is there's been way too many of them vs traditional snowstorms of any size. Personally, I'd like more of these to ring in the new year: Clippers are still better than rainers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostfern Posted yesterday at 01:28 AM Share Posted yesterday at 01:28 AM 25 minutes ago, IWXwx said: Before I retired from the local Emergency Management Agency, I prayed for 8-12" (besides being a ). Serious accidents go way down because people can't drive like maniacs as they do when there's only an inch or two. Usually the worst issues are fender benders, slide offs or getting stuck. A slick interstate with only a little snow? Carnage. “A little bit of snow” is really common IMBY. Lots of minor lake effect dusters. People who don’t know how to drive on snow really shouldn’t live here. Very typical winter pattern right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted yesterday at 02:08 AM Share Posted yesterday at 02:08 AM December had double high-latitude blocking, with the ridge over the Bering Strait even much more prominent than the high pressures over Greenland. The cold polar vortex air tends to develop quite strongly and head toward us with this scenario. Unfortunately, my friends in the Mountain West discussion group have been in a drought, with temperatures like +10F in Denver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted yesterday at 03:13 AM Share Posted yesterday at 03:13 AM As of much earlier this morning the temp dropped to 4 at Toledo (as per the 5:00PM climate report) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthOaklandCtyWX Posted 21 hours ago Share Posted 21 hours ago Still have light snow falling here in Royal Oak, started around 4:30 PM here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted 4 hours ago Share Posted 4 hours ago Picked up another half inch of fluffy snow last night and another 0.2" this morning. So sparkly. At 18.0" on the season now, DTW at 17.5". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago The polar vortex and associated cold 500mb temperatures really sloshed around from December 1-15, really dumping the cold and snow on us. Then we had some varied weather patterns, including a ridge on Christmas Day that split the cold anomalies east, west, and north. High values of Greenland blocking (west negative NAO blocking) came along with the polar vortex motions in the first half of the month. https://great-lakes-salsite.web.app/Dec_2025_500mb_loop.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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