January 25/26 Jimbo Back Surgery Storm

[Silver Meteor]

1 hour ago, Brick Tamland said:

Y'all are freaking out when the models still showing a foot of snow in places in NC.

Given the GFS's solutions so far this winter I'm surprised anyone has fallen for these outlier runs. 

[suzook]

The way the trend is going, jimbos back will make a miracle healing on its own and won't need surgery.

[digital snow]

First call for the NC triangle

Snow 1-4 inches

Sleet 2-3 inches

zr- .30

seems reasonable for my hood

Look on the bright side. if you are in my hood, time off at work most def

[Tacoma]

Chris Justice just made his first map, shows most all wnc with heavy snow, Hendersonville to extrem upstate a snow, sleet freezing rain mix and the rest of South Carolina ice.

[Jimbo!]

The way the trend is going, jimbos back will make a miracle healing on its own and won't need surgery.

Hahaha my grade 4 spinal stenosis guarantees it will snow.


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[Coach McGuirk]

https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/analysis/models/gfs/2026012018/gfs_asnow_seus_26.png

[wncsnow]

No matter what happens, it's good to see the forums back alive again. This place means a lot to me and even though I disagree with folks from time to time, I enjoy riding this Rollercoaster with you all. 

The worst thing for me would be these forums not being here anymore due to lack of use. So my message for the newbies and some who have been gone and just checking back in is- stay a while. Keep contributing. 

[BornAgain13]

3 minutes ago, wncsnow said:

No matter what happens, it's good to see the forums back alive again. This place means a lot to me and even though I disagree with folks from time to time, I enjoy riding this Rollercoaster with you all. 

The worst thing for me would be these forums not being here anymore due to lack of use. So my message for the newbies and some who have been gone and just checking back in is- stay a while. Keep contributing. 

Great post!!

[GaWx]

On 1/18/2026, the EPO dropped way down to -3.81. That was the lowest daily EPO in January since way back on 1/26/1991, when it was -3.99. Before 1991, you had to go back to 1974 and 1963 to have an EPO<-3.81 in January.

 

 The combo of this extreme -EPO helping to produce extremely cold Arctic highs and a strong +PNA to steer them down in our direction with the aid of a strong -AO is why there is that 1050ish Arctic high with mega-cold coming down later this week that is a key factor resulting in this weekend’s big SE winter storm threat.

 

https://downloads.psl.noaa.gov/Public/map/teleconnections/epo.reanalysis.t10trunc.1948-present.txt

[Thrasher Fan]

2 minutes ago, wncsnow said:

No matter what happens, it's good to see the forums back alive again. This place means a lot to me and even though I disagree with folks from time to time, I enjoy riding this Rollercoaster with you all. 

The worst thing for me would be these forums not being here anymore due to lack of use. So my message for the newbies and some who have been gone and just checking back in is- stay a while. Keep contributing. 

Been thinking about jburns today. He would be loving this week so much. RIP

[EarlGrey]

https://www.wral.com/weather/winter-weather-likely-upcoming-weekend-jan2425-2026/
 

They’re saying to choose from a trusted source. But I like my 25inch snow totals on the weather ap.

 

I think a lot of time though they’re pretty realistic there. I do miss Fish’s stuff.

[Brick Tamland]

Greg Fishel posted his thoughts on Facebook.

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1B1YSQQaRK/

[Thrasher Fan]

Not exactly for our region on this board but the GOAT has put out some Tuesday thoughts on the coming storm.

https://x.com/spann/status/2013795951081644345?s=20

[digital snow]

It is my 4th season back in NC. Much appreciation to the SE crew! Everything is still on the table.

edit: I remember being in NC in the Walmart in 2008 when they just got tv screens that showed the weather above the check outs.  We were forecasted to get 12-16" and the screen flashed to 33 degrees and rain while I waited in line to buy my ice cream. F that

[PackGrad05]

Fishel said it perfectly. I completely agree with his line of thinking.


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[BornAgain13]

Here's my 2 cents...

Climatology speaking, there will be significant icing after Heavy Snow this weekend. The question is where does that ICE line set up and when? Even up here in southern VA, its difficult to get a pure snowstorm like this one without having some icing. 

Honestly, Its hard to not get upset with the models trending north but in the overall scheme, there is absolutely nothing we can change about that. 

They could trend back south tomorrow and Thursday. Its hard to say. But whether its snow or ice or both. The Carolinas and Virginia are getting this Winter Storm.

Just a matter of how much we are getting is the ?

Let's see what 0z and 6z show.

[buckeyefan1]

8 minutes ago, Thrasher Fan said:

Been thinking about jburns today. He would be loving this week so much. RIP

Indeed   

I'm absolutely positive he's laughing his ass off at the mood swings as he reminisces about having winter storm warnings in one room and an advisory in another so no matter what any met said, it would always verify in his house and something about seeing the whites of its eyes before getting excited   

[Buddy1987]

Going to inject some positivity around here.. couple things going for us. 1. EE rule.. 2. How many times have we seen the models around this time frame lax in density of cold air mass getting pumped down only to key back in on it, especially as NAM gets into range and we see the CAD potential?

Sure even if there’s CAD we could still always be subjected to the sneaky warm layer. But in all reality we still have way more positives than negatives current time. I-40 north bare minimum is in a great spot. Let’s see if we can get the I-85 guys and gals back in as well!

[Stebaney]

Been thinking about jburns today. He would be loving this week so much. RIP

I didn’t realize he had passed. I’ve been lurking since 2010 so this is sad to hear. What happened?

[Prismshine Productions]

Been thinking about jburns today. He would be loving this week so much. RIP

Wtf he died?! When?!

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[MDsnowPRO]

6 minutes ago, Stebaney said:

I didn’t realize he had passed. I’ve been lurking since 2010 so this is sad to hear. What happened?

 

[BornAgain13]

Just now, MDsnowPRO said:

 

Did not realize this. So very sad. Hate to hear this!

[Prismshine Productions]

 

Well fuck... Fuck Cancer, may he rest in peace

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[BornAgain13]

0z NAM looked like it would definitely be north of what the GFS showed. 

[lilj4425]

4 minutes ago, Prismshine Productions said:

Wtf he died?! When?!

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I didn’t know either. I just thought he stopped posting on here like Lookout and Wow did.  

[BornAgain13]

But its the long range NAM. So there's that

[HWY316wx]

The NAM at 84 is North.  Yikes.  I will say, it started wayyy North on last week's storm.  

 

[Prismshine Productions]

I didn’t know either. I just thought he stopped posting on here like Lookout and Wow did.  

...what happened to Lookout and Wow?

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[CoolBreeze]

25 minutes ago, buckeyefan1 said:

Indeed   

I'm absolutely positive he's laughing his ass off at the mood swings as he reminisces about having winter storm warnings in one room and an advisory in another so no matter what any met said, it would always verify in his house and something about seeing the whites of its eyes before getting excited   

I missed  this! I greatly enjoyed jburns posts. What happened to him and when?

[lilj4425]

Just now, Prismshine Productions said:

...what happened to Lookout and Wow?

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Not sure honestly. Lookout stopped posting a long time ago and I am not sure where Wow is. He’s usually here. Maybe they moved?