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Pattern December to Remember

In 2017 during a similar weak to moderate La Niña and after a chilly period, much of the SE US was much warmer than normal 11/28-12/5. Then the bottom fell out and the next two months averaged solidly BN along with several historic winter storms. And that was with the MJO just leaving the warmer MC phases on 12/6/17 (see image below). Similarly, the MJO is predicted to be just leaving the MC on 12/6/21 (see image below)!

Today is only November 23rd. Models can now only semi-reliably see out through 12/5 or so. The point is that there’s a very long way to go. The MJO looks promising and very similar to 2017 at the same time during similar ENSO.

I wonder what was being said on wx forums about winter prospects 4 years ago today on 11/21/2017 a week ahead of the MA period of 11/28-12/5/2017. Were they similarly dominated by negativity?

MJO Dec of 2017: focus on where it was on 12/6/17



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Now notice that the Euro is forecasting the MJO to be in a very similar position at the end of its run on 12/5/21:

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I mean, the Euro was entirely cold last week and everyone was excited. I was reading a post on 33andRain and the poster over there said that the models are having a difficult time forecasting the jet extension associated with the +EAMT. Typically this pattern leads to a -AO and -EPO in conjunction with the climatologically backed -QBO. I don't know much about the correlations in Eurasia, but maybe @Webberweather53 can weigh in on this?

Yeah if we are going to really flip things the next 2-4 weeks are probably going to be it.
 
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