The Week Ahead (Re-post)

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11:34PM

A few tweaks otherwise no major change.

More of the same is in the offing: little if any snow, mild temperatures with brief cold shots, storm track mainly to the northwest of New England (with storm systems taking this path around Tuesday, late Thursday, and around Saturday). Enough lingering cold air may be around to produce a little light snow/ice in some areas very early Tuesday, and some snow showers Thursday night. There have been a few hints on some guidance of a brief period of steadier snow Thursday night, but not seeing solid evidence this far out that it will turn into a significant event.

Boston Area Forecast…

OVERNIGHT: Clear. Very cold. Low ranging from -5 in the deeper valleys to around 0 in many suburban areas to 5-10 near the coast and in urban centers. Wind NW 5-15 MPH, lightest in the valleys. Wind chill below zero at times.

MONDAY – MLK JR DAY: Sunshine filtered at times by high cloudiness. High 30-35. Wind SW 5-15 MPH.

MONDAY NIGHT: Mostly cloudy. Light snow or freezing rain possible after midnight, changing to light rain before dawn. Low 25-30 early then warming back into the 30s later. Wind SW 10-20 MPH.

TUESDAY: Mostly cloudy. Episodes of rain showers. High 41-46. Wind SW 10-20 MPH.

TUESDAY NIGHT: Mostly cloudy. Scattered rain showers before midnight. Isolated snow showers after midnight. Low 25-30. Wind SW 10-15 MPH and gusty, shifting to NW.

WEDNESDAY: Mostly sunny. High 32-37. Wind NW 15-25 MPH.

THURSDAY: Mostly sunny. Chance of snow or snow showers at night. Low 11. High 37.

FRIDAY: Partly cloudy. Chance of snow showers early. Low 29. High 33.

SATURDAY: Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers. Low 32. High 44.

SUNDAY: Partly sunny. Chance of rain showers. Low 33. High 47.

168 thoughts on “The Week Ahead (Re-post)”

  1. TK, thanks for the update. Noticed Joe Joyce has a high of only 29 for Thurs — he seemed to be calling for a second though milder shot of artic air for later in the week.

    Newton currently: 4 degrees

  2. Thanks TK !!

    Yesterday resulted in -16F (I had to look for the negative sign…not much practice) temp anomolies at Boston. That should be good for deducting at least 1F off the monthly avg.

    -50F at Dawson, Canada.

  3. So we have at least two shots of some light snow coming up, Thursday there is a chance of a clipper dropping a couple inches if it redevelops and if not maybe 1-2 inches and the EURO has a system on Sat far enough south to also gives us a chance of snow.

  4. In contrast to Dawson, Canada……from the southern hemisphere….

    Cape Town, South Africa : 90F

    Alice Springs, Australia : 88F at about 8pm during the evening….with a forecast of 101F tomorrow.

  5. I saw that Joe Joyce had a snowflake (on the 7 day) for Fri but didn’t hear what he had to say about it.

  6. TK what’s your definition of significant event? Greater then 6 inches? I would take a 3 inches and run with it at this point:)

    1. It’s not a very clear-cut definition, as other things come into play with many storms. But if you are talking just snow amounts then a significant event is one that is plowable and requires work to make travel safer. It’s an objective definition when it comes down to it.

  8. Snow Index 1 for the interior tonight for the interior since will be under 4 inches. Watch out for icy spots for those traveling overnight and first thing tomorrow morning in those areas. For Thursday Snow Index at 1 right now since again will be under 4 inches again. Too early to give a call for Saturday.
    I define a significant snowall as 10 plus inches.

  10. GFS showing a little amplification for Clipper on Thursday, nothing crazy but enough to lay down a little snow. Let me see what the next frame shows

    http://mag.ncep.noaa.gov/NCOMAGWEB/appcontroller?page=Image&prevPage=Param&image=..%2FGemPakTier%2FMagGemPakImages%2Fgfs%2F20120116%2F12%2Fgfs_namer_096_850_temp_mslp_precip.gif&fcast=096&imagesurls=&model=GFS&area=NAMER&storm=&areaDesc=North+America+-+US+Canada+and+northern+Mexico&cat=MODEL+GUIDANCE&rname=SFC-LAYER+PARMS&pname=850_temp_mslp_precip&cycle=01%2F16%2F2012+12UTC&imageSize=M&currKey=model&scrollx=0&scrolly=0&nextImage=yes

  13. TK, JJ – I have to drive my husband to the Framingham hospital around 7:00 tomorrow morning. From Sudbury to Framingham. Will there be any/much ice around? How might driving conditions be then? Thanks.

    1. Hi Rainshine.

      I hope you dont mind if I reply….I was just thinking about what might happen tomorrow morning myself………….Two things make me think it may be a little slippery out that way tomorrow morning. First, the dewpoints are so low and second, this time of year, the cold air is tough to scour out inland, away from the coast. The good news is a little bit of salt should help to take care of the main roads.

      1. Thanks, Tom. I don’t particularly like driving in snowy conditions – but I really get nervous about the ice. I would rather see a snow scenerio rather than ice.

        2. Rainshine I agree with you. I never minded driving when younger but now I am nervous until everyone I know is home and safe. The roads are main that you take except out of Sudbury and I don’t know how well they do plowing. Framingham usually does a good job on the main roads ………. Best of luck to your husband. This is the more difficult day for me. I never liked Beef Bullion until it was all I could have 🙂

          1. Vicki – this will be Marc’s 23rd colonoscopy. He has Crohn’s disease and started having colonoscopies when they first started. He’s doing ok – I’ll make him chicken bouillon later – he has been living on black coffee and apple juice.

            The problem is: he has to start taking that medication stuff this evening. Now – if it is going to be really icy Marc doesn’t want me to drive and he won’t be in the mood. So, I am keeping my eyes on the weather. Last I heard there is a Winter Weather Advisory just to the west of here – up to around Stowe. We might have to cancel – it won’t be the first time – he just wants to get it over with. Besides – he has cataract surgery next week too!

              3. Sorry, John that your wife has Crohn’s. It’s lousy when anybody has it and when it’s your loved ones it’s hard.

                1. She got It when she was 20, now 46. On some medication now but not working. Hope everything work’s out. I know what your husband is going through. I have been involved with the disease for 16yrs.

            2. Oh my and I thought I had a lot last year – What bad timing – I wish my kids were there to help – I know one of them would be confident enough to drive your husband. I – like you – would not be confident enough.

              1. Vicki – thank you! 🙂 That was nice to make the offer. We will wait and see if there is any change in the weather forecast and if need be we will postpone. Marc’s Crohn’s isn’t bothering him that much. It’s really hard to predict where the snow/ice/rain line will end up.

    1. Agreed……after this cold shot, the lakes/ponds have a little more ice on them, the ground is more frozen and if it snows a bit Thursday night, all three things will contribute to keeping the low level cold air in place more than modeled.

  16. Henry Margusity has an east coast snowstorm around the 29th and the NWS this morning is somewhat bullish for snow Saturday and mixed precip Saturday night.

    It will be interesting what future forecasts have to say. 🙂

    1. How many times has he or others had East Coast snowstorms 13-14 days out and how many have verified?

  17. If the GFS is correct for Thursday we could a little event with all snow! No mix if it happens. I love keeping an eye onclippers, they can be very sneaky. Let’s see if the euro shows it.

  18. I would be very worried about CAD tonight and tomorrow morning, the air mass is so dry that its gonna take a while to scour out the cold air. Models have a hard time seeing this with temp profiles.

    1. Hadi I can’t get the link and know I would not be able to read it if I could. Has it been revised to mean snow along Route 3 driving up from Plymouth and then down 128/95 to Mass Pike?? Thank you!!

    2. That was a good one. I feel bad because he really sent that to me. I am considering leaving. Not to happy with last night. I had your back last night coastal as I’m sure you figured that out.

      1. I’m not sure what you are talking about but if it has to do with Old Salty’s post and that’s why Old Salty isn’t here then it would upset me terribly. Please, John, do not leave. I think I’ll have to read back to see what I missed.

      2. My friend John. Just my opinion…trust TK !!! Also, I have no experience running a blog, but my guess is, it takes time and some getting used to dealing with issues. I think TK does a great job. You’d lose out by leaving and we would too…..As far as the person in question, ignore ………by reacting to it, it feeds it. Just my opinion, of course. 🙂 🙂

        1. Tom you are absolutely right about the time it takes to run a blog and the personalities involved make it mentally challenging. TK has to do what he thinks is right for the blog and I believe we all need to support him. It’s a miserable place to be because the tendency is to want to make everyone happy and there is no way that can happen. For what my opinion is worth, I think it’s important for TK to know we support him and any decisions he makes.

          All of that being said I also feel a friendship with Old Salty and want him to know I have missed seeing his name here today (just as I miss anyone here when they do not post) horribly.

          1. 🙂 It could be that Old Salty is busy today…………hope to read OS’s thoughts soon, love his ideas, the model runs he posts and his insight.

        2. Tom- I respect your opinion to the highest standard, we are friends who have just not met face to face yet. I am not sure what I am going to do. I also want to say that I respect Tk and his site. I just feel that myself and coastal were not listened to last night. There was no need for what Mr. Benson said to are friend Old Salty. His very first post to Tk was rude and now this. I did not like something that coastal said to me. But he explained that It was not meant to be rude. I 100% had no problem after he explained it. But this is not the same. I agree with coastal It was like being on bz blog again. Again this is how I feel.If anything negative was ever said about anybody here, I would defend them as well. We here have all become friends and never have had a problem. I agree with coastal on everything that he said and I support him. Again Tom not sure what I am going to do, I am just mad right now. Thank you for your kind words.

          1. Ok my friend……… Well, I will be here ready to talk weather, Patriots and Bruins, also Red Sox when they start in mid February and all else. Now, who would want to miss THAT ? 🙂 🙂

            1. Tom – SIL does not think Baltimore is a great threat – says their QB is not very good. Played 50% yesterday and needs to be at 60% for playoffs and 17 of their points were on turnovers. That being said, he feels technically Pats should win but it depends on what game they bring to the field next week. Not very reassuring 🙂

            3. OldSalty- I have been looking for your post. I am sorry that I asked about that song. This entire thing was started by me asking if anybody had heard that song. And than you were kind enough to send me something else, by the way I loved it. Again I am sorry for the trouble that I may have started here. God is very important to me. The tbone thing is just something that people do not see that much, people were just having some fun with it. In todays world of sports he is in my mind a great person for kids to follow. Again sorry for any trouble. Take care my friend.

  28. Vicki so the one for tomorrow works correctly, it shows front end snow in SNE. I would say that it’s a change I just dont know how plausible it is. I would say that it certainly paints a different picture.

    the other links are killing me that I can’t figure them out today

    1. Thanks, Hadi. My husband ended up going into work today when he was supposed to take the day off – he may want to think about taking tomorrow instead.

    1. I think the idea of a mild football game next Sunday in Foxboro is going by the wayside. Could be murky, in the 30s with a clammy light east or northeast wind and maybe some snow on the ground from Sat ?

  35. As always the models could be overdoing the cold air, but looking are obs I just don’t know how we dont get frozen precip even here in the coity before a changover occurs.

  36. Everybody gets listened to. I have things covered.
    No further comment at this time.

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    Weather:

    Not a big deal tonight. May be a WAA snow burst before or around midnight good for <1" then after that it's too warm other than some low lying areas around 495 for any significant icing.

    Not looking for much out of the Thursday night event either. Energy gets stretched as it translates across the area.

    My early feeling is that the Saturday system may not amount to a great deal either. But of course, it has the best potential of the 3, probably because it's the furthest out in time.

    1. are you saying areas like lowell and billerica could be icy tomorrow morning i thought it would be all rain by around 3 am.

    1. Hard to keep the cold in place when the storm is going to go down the St. Lawrence Valley with no redevelopment. Another source I visit is predicting 2-4 inches not far from the MA/NH border and 4-8 across the mountains for tonight. I’m not in agreement with this. They are basing it on a colder 18z NAM, which isn’t really any colder than the 12z when it counts, and we never come close to the right amount of QP for those amounts to verify, when taking normal model error into account, and the overall setup of this event.

    1. You shouldn’t be having any posting issues. As far as I know, nothing was changed on the site.

      1. I haven’t seen you do anything that would cause you to be bounced. If you tried to post and it didn’t post, it was a technical issue.

  39. I agree tk it’s cold enough for an hr or 2 around midnight but when we wake up in the morning temps will be around 40 deg with rain and mid and upper 40’s by noontime

    1. South Coast may hit 50 tomorrow. Fall River’s high should be 48.

      New England Weather Works’ FB page is predicting tonight’s snow to be up to 2 inches around Metro Boston including the immediate South Shore, and 2-4 inches in the remainder of SNE west and north of Boston, 3-6 inches for the Mountains.

      I would be surprised if anyone other than higher mountains came in over 3 inches from tonight’s/tomorrow morning’s event.

      Low pressure is just simply going to track too far north and drag too much warm air in, first aloft, and then at the surface.

  40. NWS is forecasting a general “up to 1 inch” in most of MA with 1-3 in the higher elevations from northern Worcester County westward. Maybe… But we’ll have to see a whole lot of development in not a whole lot of time, based on current radar trends upstream, and then it will have to overcome some very dry air in place.

  42. I sound like a broken record and I don’t me too but again this storm coming through tonight from Boston to Providence south and east this is a non event, a possible quick coating but this is 95% rain, if there will be meaningful snow accumulations u will have to go west of 495 and esp north and west of rt 2, and what anybody gets will be gone tommorrow anyway, the stupid snow drought continues. Have a great night everyone 🙂

  43. And to think, all this starts over something having nothing to do with weather.

    Wow.

    I’m stepping away for a bit to assess the future of Woods Hill Weather.

    1. TK it’s a good idea to step away. I can tell you it won’t be the last time but I can also tell you that it will pass. You do an exceptional job and people are people. I hate to see you agonize I can tell you I’ve been there more times than I’d like with the blog stuff. I’ve never seen a blog with people as great as this one. Take care and try to just putt out of your mind a bit. You are doing everything right – everything!

      1. I do everything I can to make this the best blog it can be. I don’t like to jump to conclusions based on a couple of issues, but that does not mean that I am not looking at the best course of action. This blog is NOT going to turn into what some of the public blogs, or Yahoo stories comments, for example, have become.

        I do just about everything I can to make people as happy as possible with what goes on here, as I do in every aspect of my life, and believe me, there are a lot of things I juggle. I don’t ask for sympathy about what goes on with me. I do ask for patience when I am dealing with my admin duties here. There are many things I take care of during the course of a day and night, this place being only one small portion of it all.

        I understand that not everybody is happy with the way I run this place. I learned a long time ago that will always be the case. But nobody is bound to the site. They are free to come and go as they please, and to voice their opinions.

        At this point, nobody has been removed from the site, but now that the expectations are made clear, any newcomers should be aware that personal attacks will not be tolerated.

        I knew that the post that initiated some of the trouble was meant as a joke for a couple of people, and therefore I allowed it to remain. Of course people are allowed to make their feelings known about it, or anything, so long as it is done in a civil fashion. That said, I’ll try to keep the content of this blog focused on mainly what it is originally intended for. It doesn’t mean sports or some other topic cannot come up on the side now and again. It happens periodically and I see nothing wrong with it.

        Anyway. I have some things to take care of here at home this evening. I will be attending to that, and assessing this place in the process.

        2. TK,

          I really feel badly that I was the one that started all of this. Believe me it was never intended. I apologize again. Obviously had I known the trouble it would cause I would never had done so.

          Hopefully, you won’t have to totally restrict posts to weather. We all enjoy the sports posts and other a side topics as well.

          You do a great job here. Keep up the fantastic work.

          We All appreciate it.

          1. Old salty. You know one of the first things I asked when I got here is if you were joining us. I believe you were already here. Sorry my memory doesn’t work well all of the time. We all depend on your posts. Please do not feel badly. It makes me sad that you do. Now everyone smile :). Snow is on the way. Maybe not much but it’s white and cold and may even coat the ground

        3. Not sure it ness repeating but I know what you are wrestling with first hand and would have loved someone to reassure me. You do it right. Your only comment that I do not agree with is that people are now happy with how you run the site. Everyone loves it here. Take care TK

    1. Coastal,

      Having a bit of a problem focusing on the weather. Still kind of in shock over
      the fall out from Yesterday.

      Watched Pete Bouchard not long ago. He thinks that this initial burst of snow
      means business as does the NWS. I suspect in and around Boston should see
      about 2 inches. (Note: official forecast is about 1 inch)

      What do you think?

      1. OS, I don’t think anyone of us was offended from your post. It was one person who has nothing good to say his first two posts that I saw on here. He could be a troll that slipped through the cracks but what do I know.

        I felt awful that he made you feel that way. Your a terrific guy, always very helpful when one of us has a question. We have some terrific people on this blog with great conversations and debates. You are one the reasons why this place is so great but I also think its the entire WHW Crew that makes it great.

        Don’t you hesitate to post on here as long as it exists. Personally I think I would get booted (telling someone to eat there keyboard) before anyone else.

        John, I love your loyalty! You remind my of the guys a grew up.

        Weather:
        I have been without internet for most of the day but it seems tonight is nothing, maybe a dusting. End of the week could be our best shot to break two inches in one event this winter!

        $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
        I have a pretty good feeling that if and when TK posts about the future of this blog that many changes will be made. First he will probably start charging a monthly fee to gain access, then another fee to simply post a comment. Ask him a direct comment and prepare to pay up! Then you will notice advertisements from Herb Chambers, Ernie Boch and The Rem Dog. Get your credit cards ready!!!!!!!
        🙂

        3. Thank’s coastal. and the thing with you and I was a simple misunderstanding. No problem there at all. How could I not like a south shore guy.

    2. Forgot to comment on The other 2.

      The next clipper, I Don’t see much. Perhaps an inch or 2.

      The “bigger” one for Saturday could be an OTS event. We’ll have to
      wait and see. If it comes farther north, I’m thinking 2-4 or 3-6 inches
      Something like that. We’ll see

  45. I trust Tk will handle things. I will be staying on. Just to everybody here I am sorry for any trouble I may have started. Now to the weather. Could be interesting tonight with It being so cold out. I just got called into work. I was told to be in at 3am and may be called in earlier.

    2. That no was for an earlier post by TK!!

      OS I am thinking the Thursday clipper still might deliver 1-3 inches?

      1. Hadi,

        That would not be out of line. I am guessing an inch or 2, but 3
        would not be out of the question, depending.

  47. Snow Index tonight is a 1 since will be under 4 inches. Be careful to anyone traveling early tomorrow morning for slippery spots. Snow Index Thursday night is at a 1 since again will be under 4 inches. Early call for Saturday is a 1. No big storms but more of the nusiance variety but I always find the little ones are the ones that cause the most problems on the roads.

  48. Been lurking here since I found the blog and wanted to chime in. TK, thank you so much for doing this, I used to go to the BZ blog to read your thoughts, and those of many other fine people. When the trolls blew it up I was sad, and really missed the community of weather nuts (I’m the one who chases tornadoes, got some media coverage when I was on-scene for Joplin last year. We stopped chasing and went into rescuing mode, transporting wounded to safety). I come here to listen to a variety of opinions for the upcoming weather, and vastly prefer to hear a group discussion than the standard NWS stuff. I know that within the SPC these kinds of discussions happen (and sometimes my little band of chasers gets a tip or two before the Discussions are published…) and it helps greatly to hear varied projections, and the thinking behind them.

    So, keep up the awesome work. It is appreciated, and valued. Go Patriots!!

  50. Will keep an eye out. It does not take a lot to cause slippery travel especially on untreated road surfaces.

  51. Did I miss something? Please someone fill me in, I was so busy the last day, I’m reading someone was offended or kicked of blog, also is tk alright? What’s going on?? 🙂

  53. Today was a great winter’s day to cap off a fantastic winter weekend. Ice has finally formed on the Boston Public Garden pond, and people (myself included) were skating. Ironically, the ice this year (all two days of it!) is better than most years because of the lack of snowfall. But, unfortunately all the ice fun will be short-lived as rain arrives late tonight into tomorrow. Could be a little ice formation later this week, but then it looks like the big warm-up (please do not call it a January thaw, because we’ve already had several of these and they’re only supposed to happen once) will occur next weekend. I think (desperately hope) it will be somewhat mitigated in New England. Nevertheless, the historic non-winter for most will re-emerge and may last awhile. I was hoping yesterday that this would not happen, but latest guidance suggests otherwise. Ski country may even lose the little natural base they have if the projected highs of 40 (for a 4-day stretch) there verify. Joe Lundberg is saying in his blog that he cannot remember the last time he has seen such (high) temperature anomalies and lack of snow cover. I agree with him. This is downright bizarre.

    1. It has been amazing……….maybe it will be mitigated a bit in New England. Lets see what happens tomorrow inland. I have no doubt Boston will get into the 40s…….but I wonder if north and west, it remains in the mid-upper 30s…..

      Later in the week, if Saturday’s system delivers southern areas some snow, I think that could also slow the advance of extreme warmth.

      I agree with the overall mild idea over the long run, but I do think these brief cold shots have frozen the ground, added a bit of ice to ponds/lakes and that will take a few to several degrees off of future warm surges.

      And with that logic, we’ll probably hit 60F again before month’s end.

  54. Pete Bouchard is now thinking fairly cold for the Pats game on Sunday with a high of 36 degrees and is becoming bullish on snow for Saturday…could be significant!

    1. I do hope PB is correct. However, I have a lot of faith in Joe Lundberg and Brett Anderson, and they’ve been spot on most of the winter. Their blogs point to a continued, even an intensified, warm-up starting this Saturday. This said, I have noticed a few inconsistencies in the models during the last 48 hours. All it takes is a prolonged, unexpected dip in the jet stream. It’s not as if there is no cold air to our north. That was our problem in November, but is no longer the case. A dip in the jet stream is unexpected mainly, I think, because of the SE ridge (practically a Bermuda High, more likely in summer than winter, obviously) and the lack of blocking to our north. By the way, Greenland is getting hammered by snow this winter. Not that they don’t always get snow, but this year’s a bonanza for the Inuit and Danes living up in Nuuk (used to be known as Godthab).

      Weather can change in unexpected ways. One of these times the pattern is bound to shift, one would think. Let’s hope that we wake up tomorrow morning, check the forecasts and see that it has indeed shifted. Wishful thinking on my part, but what the heck …

  55. Hey Philip… I hope that happens but we have been down that road this winter only to have it be a rainorama. At least there some things to track starting with the system tonight and it won’t be boring this week.

  56. OS pointed out that it could slide out to sea which is more likely then rain. The trend has been west this winter so maybe Bouchard is thinking that.

  58. When there’s an ultra warm long range forecast this time of year for our region, I think the models fail in one way. Maybe its confluent flow in Canada, but a high always seems to develop to our north and suddenly days and days of mild southwest flow, turn into 2 or 3 days followed by a cool or cold shot that hits the northeast as a surface high passes to our north.

  62. To me it seems warmer in pembroke than earlier. I was outside at the rink around 4pm and it was downright cold. To me it feels warmer.

    1. Yes in the last 30 min or so it has gone from 29.7 to 29.9 so it’s slowly rising, unfortunately John I wouldlnt expect more than a coating if that, take it easy

      1. you sure on that, coating tops even for boston. I have already been called in to report at 3am. they said may be called in earlier.

        1. I don’t think we get more than a coating, even in Boston I would be surprised if Boston got an inch, it just my opinion though

  63. Thanks everyone!

    All is fine and the issue is now in the past.

    Radar trends upstream are not too impressive to me. Some moderate echoes but initial dry air at the surface is going to cut into that somewhat, and all the while the warm air is on the move toward the region.

    1. TK- last I am saying on the issue. I am sorry for all of the trouble I caused asking for that song. I am staying on because I love the people here. sorry. end of it. Dave is with me now.

    2. TK, I am glad that things are back to normal around here…don’t change a thing to this blog! I also want to say that I just put my trash out this evening and it does feel considerably warmer. Based on that feeling, I am not too confident now of any real “sticking” snow for Boston later tonight/early tomorrow morning.

  64. I just want to add that the extended forecast I posted above was based on “new” information Pete was looking at. I didn’t personally see it, but I assume he had a much warmer scenario earlier.

    There must be “something” out there on one of the models…Pete never changes his forecasts at the last minute just on a whim.

      1. TK, are you saying that there is currently nothing out there that would cause Pete or any other met to radically change the weekend forecast?

        1. Well I was half joking. Even reliable guidance (Euro) hints at potential for some kind of snow event Saturday.

    2. Vicki, I would say any commute south of Boston should be A-OK as long as it is after sunrise. N & W….much different scenario as always. 🙂

            1. It was snowing. Good night vicki. short night sleeping. By the way went back to rink around 4pm and It had a ton of puddles. At 11am when we were there the ice was awesome. He was able to skate again though at 4.

  67. Hey John…I didn’t see your post asking for a particular “song” but AFAIC you have absolutely nothing to apologize for. I have been at work all weekend, so I missed “whatever” was going on here. I am just glad that it is straightened out once and for all.

    To OS, John et all…keep posting as you always have! 🙂

  68. Yes, a special mention for OS, John, and coastal: Your contributions are valuable and I look forward to seeing them continue. I don’t mean to leave anyone out. Just juggling lots of projects at home tonight and trying to keep everything here short and sweet.

    Hoping to update blog within the hour.

  69. Tweet from Joe Bastardi below:

    GFS ensembles hint at Fab Feb for lovers of winter.. as neg ao/nao develop..block heading to Greenland in longer term

  72. I hope what Joe Bastardi tweeted happens in February. Change over quick for the coast. Interior hangs on the wintry precipitation longer.

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