2026 Foothills thread

[strongwxnc]

47 here with a DP of 34.9


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[wncsnow]

21 minutes ago, BooneWX said:

Lmao. I’m at 46 with a dew of 39. Gonna take a hell of an arctic push to even get to the upper 30s.

Wow. Its 39.7 here

[BooneWX]

Just now, wncsnow said:

Wow. Its 39.7 here

You might be seeing the edge of the arctic air a bit before me. Or at least, that’s what I’m telling myself to feel better.

[WNC_Fort]

7 minutes ago, wncsnow said:

Wow. Its 39.7 here

Wonder if the snow this morning helped you out? I’m up at 1560’ and sitting steady at 43

[wncsnow]

7 minutes ago, WNC_Fort said:

Wonder if the snow this morning helped you out? I’m up at 1560’ and sitting steady at 43

That and there being a few breaks in the clouds probably 

[SnowDawg]

43.9/25.1 Gonna take a miracle with the front or really good rates here I’d think.

[BooneWX]

I know the caveats but the AI models really have a barking signal in that 7-10 day range. Can’t trust a thing, but the big dogs always bark early. There’s some absolutely insane ensemble means being printed out cycle after cycle. Gives me some of the same vibes from Dec 2009, Feb 2014 and Dec 2018.

[SnowDawg]

17 minutes ago, BooneWX said:

I know the caveats but the AI models really have a barking signal in that 7-10 day range. Can’t trust a thing, but the big dogs always bark early. There’s some absolutely insane ensemble means being printed out cycle after cycle. Gives me some of the same vibes from Dec 2009, Feb 2014 and Dec 2018.

Euro AI operational is on 7 straight runs now with widespread accumulating snow on a single storm signal 27th-29th.

[wncsnow]

I'm worried the storm showing up in that time period will trend north 

[SnowDawg]

3 minutes ago, wncsnow said:

I'm worried the storm showing up in that time period will trend north 

Euro AI at least is showing blocking and a 50/50. If that actually happens, then it won’t have much room to move north. That’s a big if though. 

[calculus1]

43.6 over 40 with mostly cloudy skies here. Not ideal…


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[BooneWX]

Game on if the blocking comes to fruition, but that’s the main thing I’ll be watching. Nice ridge bridge showing up near the arctic, displacing the TPV almost to New England. Could also be a suppression signal with extreme cold but we seem to have a Nino look and an increasingly active southern jet which makes sense with how fast the Nina background state is collapsing.