Winter 2026-2027. Historic Potential

[psuhoffman]

Just a reminder, because apparently some people need to know this....thermometers are not subjective.  

[bedrock_wx]

15 hours ago, ravensrule said:

Wow, what an incredible first post. Please make it your last. 

Couldn't help myself...

In all seriousness though the warm spot is probably some kind of model initialization error, since it has appeared consistently in several runs now in a row. Doesn't matter too much, though, since the CanSIPS is pretty notorious for its low skill levels anyway... Not only that, but it has been playing catch-up to the other seasonal models for quite a few months in a row, and can't even get Pacific SSTs correct at the initialization time. With the Euro coming out here in a few days, I don't think the CanSIPS is worth too much attention. Just my two cents.

[CAPE]

22 minutes ago, psuhoffman said:

Just a reminder, because apparently some people need to know this....thermometers are not subjective.  

It's objectively anomalously hot today, regardless of the accuracy of the specific type of thermometer(sensor)one uses to measure the temperature. Sorry for the techy geek out.

[Eskimo Joe]

5 minutes ago, CAPE said:

It's objectively anomalously hot today, regardless of the accuracy of the specific type of thermometer(sensor)one uses to measure the temperature. Sorry for the techy geek out.

Heat index in the low 90s at some mesonet sites in early October. October is the new September it seems.

[mitchnick]

6 minutes ago, CAPE said:

It's objectively anomalously hot today, regardless of the accuracy of the specific type of thermometer(sensor)one uses to measure the temperature. Sorry for the techy geek out.

But cool air is on the way and not far away for that matter.

https://www.weather.gov/wrh/hazards?obs=true&wfo=ctp&hazard=true&hazard_type=all&hazard_opacity=80&tab=legend

[ravensrule]

2 hours ago, psuhoffman said:

Just a reminder, because apparently some people need to know this....thermometers are not subjective.  

My rectal thermometer sure is. 

[bncho]

the south wins once again lol

 

[ensonerd1233e343]

1 hour ago, bncho said:

the south wins once again lol

 

I guess bro

[bncho]

13 minutes ago, ensonerd1233e343 said:

I guess bro

thanks for the feedback ensonerd1233e343

[Terpeast]

1 hour ago, bncho said:

the south wins once again lol

 

October snows are a bad omen

[TSSN+]

10 hours ago, Terpeast said:

October snows are a bad omen

I mean I got 6” of snow in October before the 09-10 winter up in state college haha 

[WxUSAF]

23 minutes ago, TSSN+ said:

I mean I got 6” of snow in October before the 09-10 winter up in state college haha 

02-03 winter in state college was epic and made up (mostly) for the dismal first 3 winters I had there. We had snow for Halloween 2002 and winter kept going until Easter 2003.

[Terpeast]

Maybe the bad omen only applies to DMV, I have checked the data before. It didn’t look good. But there are always exceptions 

[Weather Will]

Let's see how the Northern Hemisphere snow/ice map looks by November....

[Eskimo Joe]

3 hours ago, Weather Will said:

Let's see how the Northern Hemisphere snow/ice map looks by November....

Looks like a rather ugly start to snow and ice cover season.

[Eskimo Joe]

8 hours ago, WxUSAF said:

02-03 winter in state college was epic and made up (mostly) for the dismal first 3 winters I had there. We had snow for Halloween 2002 and winter kept going until Easter 2003.

That winter was awesome in Philly. It just snowed and we saw a lot of well timed cold shots.

[CAPE]

21 hours ago, Terpeast said:

October snows are a bad omen

And how often does it actually snow in October(outside of a few flakes) east of the western highlands? This seems silly and irrelevant, regardless of how many times it is mentioned here.

[CAPE]

11 hours ago, TSSN+ said:

I mean I got 6” of snow in October before the 09-10 winter up in state college haha 

Cool.

[bedrock_wx]

3 hours ago, Eskimo Joe said:

Looks like a rather ugly start to snow and ice cover season.

Could be a lot worse. The current modeling suggests we should be able to put down some good snow into Siberia in the next week or two.

Plus, it's more about the advance rate of Siberian snowpack, rather than total volume. There have been a few studies on this done if I am recalling correctly.

[Eskimo Joe]

27 minutes ago, bedrock_wx said:

Could be a lot worse. The current modeling suggests we should be able to put down some good snow into Siberia in the next week or two.

Plus, it's more about the advance rate of Siberian snowpack, rather than total volume. There have been a few studies on this done if I am recalling correctly.

If you're referring to the theorem by Judah Cohen that postulates rapid snow cover advance can weaken the polar vortex, the jury seems to believe that's incorrect.

[CAPE]

30 minutes ago, bedrock_wx said:

Could be a lot worse. The current modeling suggests we should be able to put down some good snow into Siberia in the next week or two.

Plus, it's more about the advance rate of Siberian snowpack, rather than total volume. There have been a few studies on this done if I am recalling correctly.

Cohen's postulation of high rate of advance of Siberian snow cover during October leading to a -AO winter has been hit or miss at best, but almost always a miss during Strong El Ninos.