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Pattern December, Make analogs relevant again

1300m said:
I'm sure folks back then were certain of the next impending ice age lol!
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As crazy as it may seem, the climate scientist of the 1970s did warn of the coming Ice age. I remember the winters of 1976-77 and 1977-78 were extremely cold.this after a mild and nearly snow-less late 60s and early 70s in Birmingham.
 
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I mentioned this earlier wrt how the NE Siberian Vortex (anchored by a deep fall/winter snow cover in Eurasia) was probably the main factor from keeping this winter from being a disaster... Masiello singing the same tune.
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1300m said:
Wow good memory - January 2000 was close - 1/21 to 1/31. I knew it was a good one, but didn't realize it was quite that long. February 2015 had some really cold days but couldn't get a good streak going.

Edit: I have some numbers for ENSO and NAO combos but I don't have anything specifically related to the positive height anomalies north of Alaska and RDU snowfall. Webber, you got anything on that haha?!
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I don't see very strong signaling for snowfall in RDU with or without ridges near or just north of Alaska, the difference seasonal means between +EPO & -EPO winters since 1895 was about half of inch and not significant at all. However, the kind of wintry weather (Miller type A vs B) is likely measurable. Split flow upstream of NC w/ a cold core vortex in SE Canada is a classic precursor to a Miller type B storm which is exactly what we're seeing in NWP atm. Usually need more Greenland blocking to get Miller A type cyclones....
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Check these numbers out. I was lucky enough to grow up during this time. This is only for the months of January and February . In the years 77 , 78 and 79 we hit zero or below 7 times and received 59 inches of snow. Talk about the good old days.
 
Confluence city! Welcome back GFS !
 
Looks like the GFS *this run* is going to be building in a monster wedge hr144
 
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