Jonathan Hunter @chattwjonathan@qoto.org

Introduced the kids to Alvin & the Chipmunks Christmas song, and they're so adorable - they love it.

And yes, if you're in the eastern U.S. - almost anywhere - I have seen at least 1 model run where you have snow on the ground on Christmas!

I'm not going to publish those, because they're not consistent and should not be considered accurate.

This is the "precision vs accuracy" illustrated in model form. The long weather models provide some precise outputs for where and when it might rain or snow - but they are not accurate at that level.

#weather #whitechristmas

All the signals are aligning to tell us with a higher degree of certainty than usual that the eastern half of the U.S will be cold for Christmas.

This will create the potential setup of a white Christmas in unusual places, as well as in the Midwest. But none of these are a guarantee.

If you see people posting that with certainty this far out, ignore it, but keep an eye out as this may affect a lot of Christmas travel!

#weather #christmas #whitechristmas

What causes a can of beer to feel over-pressured?

I recently bought a 6 pack of Five Wits Daydream and that's the only impression I get. Carbonation overwhelms every sip.

I like their beer on tap, but this can was a miss.

There are going to be a lot of travel trouble spots out west today, but I-80 in Wyoming will be the worst of them starting this afternoon/evening.

The snow totals aren't crazy like Donner Pass this weekend - close to 12" on I-80's higher levels, but the winds that come in afterwards are going to be 60mph+....all the way through early Thursday.

Go around. Don't get stuck on I-80 at Elk Mountain or Sherman Pass.

#RoadWeather #ElkMountain #WYwx #Weather

Eternal Flame of the Cherokee Nation

Happy Thanksgiving from Red Clay State Historical Park in Tennessee.

Red Clay is the starting point of the Trail of Tears.

#Thanksgiving #cherokee

Good morning for your #RoadWeather forecast.

Yes, even with 77in (1.96m!) of snow measured in Orchard Park NY over the weekend the interstates are all open across the US.

Only hiccups to this week's travel forecast will be some potential freezing rain w/ mountains snow on I-90 in Washington, with snow moving down I-84 into Oregon and Idaho Wednesday for a couple of inches there, too.

Western New York pictures from Twitter - not my own.

Good morning with your US #RoadWeather. Ice on the roads this morning on I-80 in Wyoming at Sherman Hill, I-84 in Oregon at Deadmans Pass, and then snow and ice cover for a lot of I-90 and I-94 in the Dakotas and Montana.

Most of that was pretty light stuff (heavier in Wyoming) but all is moving out today and the sun will be out.

But the real story is developing further east with Lake Effect Snows taking hold. Conneaut OH saw snowfall rates of up to 3" (7.5cm) per HOUR last night in the heaviest band for a couple hours. I-90 is defacto closed there due to accidents. Similar snow in west central Michigan, though about half the snow totals

That initial blast cools off, but sets up with a different windward direction tonight. Buffalo New York will be expecting an area of greater than 4 FEET (1.2m) of snow through this weekend in one area, and a widespread area of up to 2 ft. (0.6m). Similar snowfall for Watertown NY area.

Full truck restrictions are in place for I-90 starting at 4pm tonight and continuing indefinitely. Last time they got this much snow, I-90 was closed about 4 days. NYDOT appears much more prepared this time, but we'll see what actually happens. You just can't physically move that much snow - especially once a few cars get stuck.

#weather #LakeEffectSnow

Good snowy morning to much of the U.S. Snow is widespread for many of the Great Lakes States, but really only seeing it affect the roads in a few select cities this morning - Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Chicago and Denver.

For the most part roads are in good shape this morning, and we'll see a couple more inches of snow in the heaviest bands.

Switches to some Lake Effect snow tomorrow for South Bend IN and Erie PA, and then a mix of some freezing rain for the higher peaks of the central Appalachians tomorrow, and snow from Pennsylvania on up through New York and New England. Similar impact expected as today.

#RoadWeather #LakeEffect