don’t think many want to hear this, but later week 1-week 2 of jan and maybe even a little further past that, it doesn’t look pretty pattern wise. Tropical forcing looks to slow significantly for a while in the Indian Ocean due to the weakening +IOD, which will give it more oomph as well. (basically the IO losing influence from the El Niño). The MJO slowing over the Indian Ocean for the next week and beyond is gonna favor a retracted pacific jet past next week and the semi-permanent Okhotsk low, which favors GOAK ridging/-PNA. Given the HLB/-NAO, the SE ridge might be put at bay at times, but it probably will show up at times. It’s honestly a pretty nina esque look
It’s worth noting, that the original progression that I was banking on, was the IOD collapsing in mid jan as tropical forcing returns to the WPAC, which would have been far more favorable.
Still think later in the month, we extend the jet. It’s a strong Nino after all. Tropical forcing will return in the WPAC eventually. But we timed the IOD crash and MJO somewhat badly.
This pattern will definitely bring back legitimate snowpack to areas in NA that are super below average right now. As we can see over the next week, cold is a huge issue, and this issue is likely playing a part, this pattern should bring that back for when we do extend the jet again.
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