We are off to our coldest start to a year since 2018. That year was the coldest start with records back to 1893 for Chester County. Our stretch of below normal temperatures looks like it will continue for almost 10 more days before we see temperatures rise to normal or above by the weekend after this one. A couple flurries have been flying this AM but mostly sunny days but cold are on tap for the rest of the week. We may rise to near freezing by Friday and into the weekend. Our next minor snow event looks to arrive by Saturday morning with no more than a couple inches in most spots.

Nice to see Phil score with this pattern, especially at the expense of those smug New England schmucks. Besides, it would be a waste of this crap we've been dealing with if he weren't getting cold and snow either. Regardless it's always good to see members get #blasted.

Woke up several times last night to the very gusty winds coming down the mountains out here...not to the extent out there, boy, I can't imagine nearly 100mph wind gusts and flames being whipped around. Must be like a bad movie out that way.

The trends over the Pacific have been towards a more progressive wavetrain all Winter. The recent model flailing over the east coast is different and more related to the strength of our ridging over the west coast and the -NAO. Flailing that instantly becomes irrelevant at the foothills of the Rockies.

I think you may be right. Assuming the blast doesn’t go way far east, hasn’t the trend has been to dig each arctic intrusion further west each time? First it was east coast, then Midwest, now (potentially) plains/rockies. Hopefully next is us. Maybe I’m remembering wrong tho idk.