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Greetings everyone!
This post is shorter than usual, as my flash drive sustained damage, and the current one is full.  I’ll try to have a more thorough update the remainder of the week.  This update is just to give a “basic” heads up of what’s to come.  Each system will be addressed on it’s own in subsequent posts if time allows.

Analysis of models this morning indicated a reload for another SSW this week.  Right now, it doesn’t appear that a reversal of the winds at 10 mb will occur, or if the Polar Vortex may split, however minimum temperatures are forecast to remain very cold over the northern 1/3 of the country.  However by mid month, the GFS is suggesting that some Arctic air may intrude over the Dakotas, Minnesota, areas.
10 MB TEMPERATURE ANOMALY FORECAST

10 MB HEIGHT ANOMALY FORECAST

A short series of at least 2 Miller “A” systems is forecast, with the first developing along the Gulf Coast near LA., then moving toward the U.S. east coast offshore, becoming Nor’easter.  The first begins to take shape on the 3rd, and the other on the 6th.  These do not appear to bring much in the way of snow over the central and eastern portions of the U.S.  However, around the 9th – 10th, models are projecting a more powerful and large storm system which originates near the same area, but moves northward, affecting portions of the south central and Great Lakes regions.  I will be addressing this system more likely in my Jan. 08 update.  Models suggest this system may bring much heavier snowfall and totals for the Ohio Valley, northward and east.  The following animations are for the 1st Nor’easter from the ECMWF and GFS models:


ECMWF 5 DAY SNOWFALL TOTAL

WPC 5 DAY PRECIPITATION FORECAST

ECMWF AND GFS MSLP ANOMALIES 8 DAY FORECAST


GFS 14 DAY MINIMUM TEMPERATURE FORECAST
SSW AND POLAR VORTEX ARTICLES FROM WIKIPEDIA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudden_stratospheric_warming

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polar_vortex
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