I know the weather forecasts for Sunday have been all over the map and even as of now, models have yet to agree completely on a precipitation type through Sunday night. Various forecast sources seemed to have formed a consensus (that I agree with) calling for a period of snow through Sunday night. The cold, dry airmass slipped into the region just ahead of the first round of precipitation expected to arrive in the form of snow during the middle of the day Sunday. The result will be the periodic continuation of either mixed precipitation or snow depending on what package of model guidance you believe. Soon enough, the other models proceeded to follow the European model to the south. But many models aren’t as far south as the ECMWF. The European Center (ECMWF) model, which did so well during for Superstorm Sandy and is on average the most skillful global model, was taking the low closer to the coast, pushing the heavy snowfall over the NY metropolitan area. The snowfall intensity will be mainly in the light to occasionally moderate range allowing for snowfall totals to to be in the modest 2-5 inch range.

With temperatures only a few degrees away from the freezing mark, snowfall will generally be wet. The wet season begins in May throughout, and the locals call this time of the year as the “green season”. Then on December 26th, the right combination of jet energy and cold weather produced the best storm of the year for MRG. We have yet to see anything resembling an upper ridge in the western part of Canada which is necessary for a sustained outbreak of arctic cold and below normal temperatures. If you see the warmer than normal water anomalies in the upper right part of the image, you are seeing a negative NAO set-up. However, the moderate risk could very well stay in place as is- I’m unfamiliar with what the Storm Prediction Center is thinking about this event right now, so I cannot confidently say if they will upgrade or not.

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In summary, there is a real chance that heavy precipitation could hit the Illinois/Indiana area this weekend. There are easy ways to make sure that you have a gentle and soft skin. Now, we are at this time conscious of the aftermath of global warming. Right now, it’s the ECMWF model we’re concerned about. I’m gaining confidence in a few things right now. TechnologyBlockchain technology has transformed traditional business models in the last few years. A few runs of the European ensembles have indicated a storm around the time of the 27th and 28th. That weather system is a long way off still but has promise at least as of now. That midrange swing I talked about with models still has potential to happen. It does seem realistic, but with models changing every 6 hours, you never know what could happen. Did you know about the near miss with the plasma balls? The culprit was a decaying but at one time quite intense piece of Arctic air centered over Quebec. This vigorous injection of upper air support will unfortunately begin to tilt the scale of this cold vs warm battle in the wrong direction. The positive PNA tends to lead to cold and stormy weather in the Central and East US, while the negative PNA provokes high pressure and warm weather across the same areas.

Let’s begin with the top-left panel, the PNA. As they like to say, let the games begin ! Gerry wishes her granddaughter’s case was all over the news like other cases in the state. The news is not all good but there is certainly plenty of news and after what should be a true roller coaster ride of weather conditions through Christmas Eve, the mountain should be much closer to an opening. There are several different aggregate finishes to choose from. The end of 2012 should continue to feature temperatures that are in the above normal category but not excessively so. For the most part however, temperatures should stay at or below freezing in spite of whatever precipation falls Monday. The positive phase of the PNA pattern is associated with above-average temperatures over western Canada and the extreme western United States, and below-average temperatures across the south-central and southeastern U.S. The Pacific North American (PNA) index deals with 500mb height anomalies in the West US and into the Northeast Pacific. The post title indicates this may be a potentially major storm due to the deep negative height anomalies in the above forecast, but that may be more for the cooler weather.