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Pattern Fabulous February

Webberweather53 said:
We're definitely not in neutral ENSO anymore even though the sensible impacts in the SE US aren't what you'd expect in an El Nino February, you simply don't get 3 successive westerly wind burst events, and one w/ > 20 m/s westerly wind anomalies at the dateline in the central Pacific w/o the background state having been already predisposed towards an El Nino to support convection there that non linearly reinforces the subseasonally-induced wind anomaly.

This gigantic dateline westerly wind burst is going to set off a pretty substantial downwelling oceanic kelvin wave that'll kickstart a legitimate moderate-strong El Nino later this year and into the winter of 2019-20.
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The RMM phase regression maps from Roundy's site don't line up as well when centered over the current period of Feb 10, but w/ early March. The only difference between the regression maps from now vs early March is the OLR (shading) is stronger & further east in the Pacific which better matches the current base state that's either neutral ENSO w/ a clear cut (ongoing) advancement towards El Nino or weak El Nino.
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It's amazing how well this map predicts/corresponds to the current pattern.

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So, the good news if I'm following you correctly is that the chance for La Nina next winter is quite a bit lower than average at this point. I'd call average somewhere around 30-33% per your tables that go back to 1865.
 
18z GEFS...I’ve seen this script before...
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Cad Wedge NC said:
What the heck is E-7 and E13 seeing that would produce a outcome like that? Is there a site where you can see the individual ensemble entire runs?
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Ensemble 7 shows two southern slider snowstorms for nc than a ice storm, ensemble 13 has a long ice storm for cad areas of nc/sc/ga, crazy run for a lot of the individual members
 
If we end up in a mod- strong el nino next year, itll be a repeat of this winter minus the Nov - Mid Dec frontload. Atleast the expectation barometer will be floor level low. Big el ninos flood us with pacific air the entire 90 day span of winter.
 
NCSNOW said:
If we end up in a mod- strong el nino next year, itll be a repeat of this winter minus the Nov - Mid Dec frontload. Atleast the expectation barometer will be floor level low. Big el ninos flood us with pacific air the entire 90 day span of winter.
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You are right; the big Q 10 months out is "if" ... hell, i'd just like to see my NWS get a 5 day temp and rain forecast right before worrying about next winter (raining on and off all afternoon, at 10%, if you get my drift) ... :confused:
 
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whatalife said:
18z GEFS...I’ve seen this script before...
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Hm, not often do we have a 7” snowfall mean for RDU and come up empty.

Yes the GEFS has had a snowfall mean of 4” and nothing came of it, but 7” for two runs in a row and this many members with snowfall? You have to wonder...is this model that terrible or does it see something?

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Also, people forget the GEFS sniffed out the Dec snow first. EPS was completely lost at the beginning with hardly any members with snow, I think it was like 5 out of 50 members at Day 10.

The last 7 days of Feb has had my attention based on analogs, but it definitely has it now.


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Jon said:
Hm, not often do we have a 7” snowfall mean for RDU and come up empty.

Yes the GEFS has had a snowfall mean of 4” and nothing came of it, but 7” for two runs in a row and this many members with snowfall? You have to wonder...is this model that terrible or does it see something?

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Also, people forget the GEFS sniffed out the Dec snow first. EPS was completely lost at the beginning with hardly any members with snow, I think it was like 5 out of 50 members at Day 10.

The last 7 days of Feb has had my attention based on analogs, but it definitely has it now.


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Yeah. I haven’t lost all hope and the last week of February may still yield something for some in the SE. Still a wait and see game.


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cd2play said:
2011-12 we had a zonal flow most of the winter and it was supposedly a 2nd year La Nina
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In other words, we can get crap winters in both El Ninos and La Ninas. That's fine. I love living here anyway. I did the midwest for 3 years and came back south and never looked back.
 
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