NorthGeorgiaWX 3,877 Posted December 3 Good morning! It's a little cold out there this morning! Here's a look at the current (8 AM) temps across north Georgia and the surrounding area. Today will be warmer than yesterday with sunny skies and less wind. There will be a chance for precipitation for Friday and again on Sunday and Monday. That rain will bring slightly warmer temperatures but nothing too out of the ordinary. Quote Surface high pressure will be centered over the Southeast to start the long-term forecast period Thursday. Dry conditions will prevail Thursday, though clouds will begin to increase by late Thursday into Thursday night as the next weak system approaches in the northwest flow aloft. Moisture return is rather scant as this shortwave pushes into the area on Friday, so while scattered showers are expected, QPF will be light and largely under a tenth of an inch. Any light showers will come to an end Friday evening. Surface high pressure will slip from the Ohio Valley into the Mid-Atlantic on Saturday, keeping the forecast area dry to start the weekend. The surface high will shift off the mid-Atlantic coast by Sunday morning, setting the stage for a weak wedge pattern. Southwest flow aloft will bring weak overrunning and an increase in shower chances through the day Sunday. By early next week, a large upper trough will be building eastward with more substantial moisture return leading to continued increased PoPs heading into Monday ahead of the next significant frontal system. High temperatures will run several degrees above normal Thursday before reverting back largely to near normal Friday and into the weekend. Above-normal temperatures appear likely by Monday given deep southwesterly flow. There are signs that our pattern may be changing in a couple of weeks. I'll be watching the models for hints as to how this may progress. I'm anxiously awaiting some winter weather here in Georgia! Hope you have a great Tuesday! Stay warm! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KingOfTheMountains 767 Posted December 3 Starting to see some GFS eye candy here and there on the last few runs. Mainly from around the 14th to the 19th, which would time well with a mid month pattern flip. Obviously this doesn't mean much, but up to this point we haven't really even seen any fantasy storms on the models. 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NorthGeorgiaWX 3,877 Posted December 3 16 minutes ago, KingOfTheMountains said: Starting to see some GFS eye candy here and there on the last few runs. Mainly from around the 14th to the 19th, which would time well with a mid month pattern flip. Obviously this doesn't mean much, but up to this point we haven't really even seen any fantasy storms on the models. Yea, I'm starting to get a little more excited about our winter. 😉 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LoveSnow 83 Posted December 3 (edited) Hard not to get excited about where we’re headed later in the month...... Edited December 3 by LoveSnow 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NorthGeorgiaWX 3,877 Posted December 3 DT's final winter forecast. 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shannon 350 Posted December 3 1 hour ago, KingOfTheMountains said: Starting to see some GFS eye candy here and there on the last few runs. Mainly from around the 14th to the 19th, which would time well with a mid month pattern flip. Obviously this doesn't mean much, but up to this point we haven't really even seen any fantasy storms on the models. 12z EURO started to hint at something as well at the end of the run 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NorthGeorgiaWX 3,877 Posted December 3 2 minutes ago, Shannon said: 12z EURO started to hint at something as well at the end of the run Take that low 300 miles south and we'd be in business. 🙂 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shannon 350 Posted December 3 Just now, NorthGeorgiaWX said: Take that low 300 miles south and we'd be in business. 🙂 Yep typically losing battle trying to depend on the wedge 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KingOfTheMountains 767 Posted December 3 9 minutes ago, NorthGeorgiaWX said: DT's final winter forecast. Was on my way to post the same thing. Trying hard not to get my hopes up lol. I'll keep saying it after so many of the long range forecasts busted so bad last year, but man is it hard not to get excited about the potential. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NorthGeorgiaWX 3,877 Posted December 3 6 minutes ago, KingOfTheMountains said: Was on my way to post the same thing. Trying hard not to get my hopes up lol. I'll keep saying it after so many of the long range forecasts busted so bad last year, but man is it hard not to get excited about the potential. You'll notice that a lot of people waited until the middle to the end of November to make a forecast, and others didn't make a public forecast at all. 🙂 Gun shy. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bagsmom 92 Posted December 3 Tell Old Man Winter he has to wait for all the college kids to get home safely into the nest for the Christmas break. Then he can make all the mischief he wants! 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
