Re: A promising forecast
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2015 9:06 am
Monday morning update...good news and bad news. Good news - still on target for a cold shot of air this weekend. This week is warm but we will see snowmaking MAYBE beginning as early as Thursday night for some. Friday and Saturday look like around the clock snowmaking as well. A dusting to an inch or two of snow at best (moreso up in WV) is possible Friday into Saturday. Nothing special.
The bad news - this cold is going to be short lived. I mentioned this last week, and the models keep showing it. Another warm up is in store for the days leading up to Christmas and possibly thereafter. A pesky Bermuda high is going to set up and put us under the blowtorch.
GFS 5-Day Ensemble Mean 500mb Height Anomaly for the days leading up to Christmas.
Christmas Day Temperature Anomalies. Woof.
Neither the Euro nor the GFS shows anything good (other than this weekend) through the 29th or 30th. Hopefully the ski areas can lay down some serious snow this weekend or it's going to be a rough New Year's.
The bad news - this cold is going to be short lived. I mentioned this last week, and the models keep showing it. Another warm up is in store for the days leading up to Christmas and possibly thereafter. A pesky Bermuda high is going to set up and put us under the blowtorch.
GFS 5-Day Ensemble Mean 500mb Height Anomaly for the days leading up to Christmas.
Christmas Day Temperature Anomalies. Woof.
Neither the Euro nor the GFS shows anything good (other than this weekend) through the 29th or 30th. Hopefully the ski areas can lay down some serious snow this weekend or it's going to be a rough New Year's.