Sterling's giving us an interesting call as well:
.SHORT TERM...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
LATE THIS MORNING...HIGH PRES WAS CENTERED JUST OFF THE VA CAPES
WITH A STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHING THE CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.
WATER VAPOR IMAGERY AND 12Z UA SHOWS THAT THE MID LEVEL TROF
CONTINUES TO DIG OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...PUNCHING A BIT OF
RIDGING OVER THE EASTERN SEABOARD.
SHORTWAVE RIDGE SHOULD REMAIN IN PLACE FOR MUCH OF THE DAY TODAY
KEEPING MUCH OF THE CLOUD COVER TO THE SOUTH AT BAY. MID LEVEL
MOISTURE STARTS TO SNEAK NORTH LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH
INCREASING CLOUDINESS. HAVE MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO CLOUD COVER AND
CONSEQUENTLY TEMPS FOR THIS AFTN TO REFLECT A MORE OPTIMISTIC SKY
FORECAST OVER ROUGHLY THE NORTHERN 3/4 OF THE CWFA.
FOR TONIGHT...MAY HAVE TO TAKE A SECOND LOOK AT POPS OVER THE SW CWA
AS PCPN MAY REACH THAT PART OF THE WORLD AROUND SUNRISE.
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.LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...
NEAR TO WELL BELOW NORMAL TEMPS THROUGH THE END OF THE MONTH AS HIGH
AMPLITUDE EASTERN STATES TROF WILL REMAIN IN PLACE.
MONDAY AND TUESDAY WILL FEATURE A COASTAL STORM... THEN A TRAILING
CLIPPER FOR LATE WED NIGHT EARLY THU MORN. IN BETWEEN A SHOT OF -10
TO -12C 850MB AIR SLIDES IN FOR SOME VERY COLD TEMPS ON WED.
FIRST MONDAY AND TUESDAY... LOW MOVES UP FROM DIXIE AND THRU ORF OR
THAT VICINITY MON EVE AROUND 00Z. TIMING IS CONSISTENT WITH
YESTERDAYS THINKING WHICH WILL RAISE CONFIDENCE AND POPS. THEN THE
STORM MOVES INTO NEW ENGLAND BY TUE AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH IT WOULD BE
A GOOD SET UP FOR SNOW IN JANUARY... IT SEEMS THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE
TOO WARM FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN RAIN. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE IN THE
MOUNTAINS LATE MON NIGHT AND TUE AFTER THE LOW MOVES PAST AND NW
WINDS DRAG DOWN MUCH COLDER AIR. UPSLOPE MOUNTAIN SNOWS COULD BE
SIGNIFICANT. STILL A RAINY DAY AND NIGHT MONDAY FOR MOST OF THE CWA
WITH TEMPS GENERALLY IN THE 40S.
THEN A WINDY DAY TUE AS THE STORM WINDS UP OVER NEW ENGLAND AND
STRONG COLD AIR ADVECTION SETS IN. CERTAINLY ENOUGH FOR SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORIES AND UPSLOPE MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS THAT CONTINUE THROUGH
TUE NIGHT.
BY WED...QUICK MINI RIDGE MOVES IN AHEAD OF THE TRAILING CLIPPER.
SHOULD SHUT OFF STRONG WINDS AND UPSLOPE.
WED NIGHT AND EARLY THU MORNING LATEST GFS AT 00Z STILL HAS A
SIZABLE CLIPPER DIVING DOWN WITH QUITE A BIT OF MOISTURE WITH IT.
THINK THIS MAY BE OVERDONE... BUT STILL WORTHY OF MENTION AT THIS
POINT. WITH 850MB TEMPS SUBZERO OVER ALL BUT POSSIBLY THE SE TIP OF
OUR CWA... AND THE NIGHTTIME PASSAGE... PRECIP TYPE WOULD LEAN
TOWARDS A SHOT OF LIGHT SNOW.
VERY COLD AIR FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR CONTINUES WED THROUGH THE END OF
THE WEEK. LATEST GFS MOS HAS HIGHS ONLY AROUND 40 FOR WED THRU FRI
FOR THE CITIES.
Note they play down the moist clipper coming in for turkey day, not sure which why that one will go. Either way, it's going to be an interesting week.
Luckily, we don't have to go to school Wednesday either way, we've got ourselves a nice little 5-day weekend to enjoy!