That would be crazy. Not sure I’ve ever seen that happen. Fraser river outflow shunted to the north before it reaches the south island.

1/22 is tied at SEA with 1/7 for the warmest daily record low in January at 19F. While looking at this I also noticed that Christmas (12/25) has almost the warmest daily record low for December at SEA (only 12/2 and 12/3 are warmer) with a record low of 25F from 1964. Interestingly the low at BLI that Christmas was 7F so the north-south gradient must have been strong.

Pretty sure this is in jest. No one actually wants anyone here to miss out on snow, except maybe Phil he has to for us to score

It’s called reverse psychology and it works. You were Dr. Jinx back in late November. If you single handedly scare off another arctic blast everyone on this forum will have their pitchforks and torches out.

To be honest, you have done a very good job with forecasting the upper level pattern this winter. In my opinion, you are underrated on her here. Some people may struggle with the constant acronyms but the fact is that you clearly know your stuff. While your forecasts may not always verify, the reality is that your forecasts are often not based on model trends within 7-10 days. Rather, you have the courage to try and predict what the models will show weeks in advanced based on the complex technical details. Those long term predictions are always going to be more vulnerable to busting than a short to medium range forecast. Keep up the good work.