The heaviest and coldest snowfall since 2000 – Speeding up with that?

Legendary forecaster Joe Bastardi writes on Twitter: (and provides graphics to back it up)

The coldest Christmas with the most snowfall since 2000 according to IMO.

GEFS Christmas is unusual in temperature compared to 2000 and covered with snow before.

Impressive for such a distant garment.

Here’s what the most reliable forecasting model (ECMWF) shows for Christmas Day surface temperatures:

Here is the climatology:

And here’s what the GFS forecast model shows for Christmas Day snow – snow as far south as Louisiana and Houston Texas:

Image courtesy of WetaherBell.com