Six Mile Wx
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Seems like for once the MJO is progressing swiftly in our favor. Of course the negative here is it moving to fast through the favorable phases, but it does look like we are moving in the right direction here.We are really cooking if we can get the OMI MJO index into phase 1
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Will be interesting to see who wins...I think we all know how this ends though.
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Meh the GEFS has tried to drop upper troughs down here in the sw us in the long range to no avail. It was all over some sort of cut off in the long range at the beginning of January then caved to other guidance
The GEFS is already caving in the pacific jet retraction earlier in the run & I doubt that pattern lasts long at all even if it shows up. It’s not really supported by the background state or the teleconnection pattern
Let’s hope it’s wrong as we know Feb comes fast and we know how Feb’s work around here. Tick tockThe wavelengths collapse on the GEFS and GEPS, allowing a cut off to sneak into the SW US. Could happen but it won’t stay that way for very long here regardless. Maybe it warms up briefly for a few days but there’s a risk of CAD/ice in that pattern. It would be one thing if it was March or if we had a retracted pacific jet, but with an Aleutian low, -EPO, +TNH, -NAO, and it being January, we’re likely to return back to the -EPO/+TNH look pretty quickly and stay there til probably late January
It wouldn’t surprise me if it was right here but my other point is it doesn’t matter that much. We will return back to the -EPO/+TNH pattern pretty quicklyLet’s hope it’s wrong as we know Feb comes fast and we know how Feb’s work around here. Tick tock
Eric - are you going with your ideas expressed previously about this winter that once the MJO makes it back to the Indian Ocean, we won’t have too much Pac Jet momentum loss because of this year’s SST pattern, with convection there helping to support the -EPO/+TNH pattern?It wouldn’t surprise me if it was right here but my other point is it doesn’t matter that much. We will return back to the -EPO/+TNH pattern pretty quickly
Eric - are you going with your ideas expressed previously about this winter that once the MJO makes it back to the Indian Ocean, we won’t have too much Pac Jet momentum loss because of this year’s SST pattern, with convection there helping to support the -EPO/+TNH pattern?
I like a blend of the Euro and CFS for the MJO going into early / mid Jan
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100% chance somebody in the SE gets snow/ice if that verifies.ICON starting off 12z right. Slides the trough eastward (something the GFS/GEFS hasn’t wanted to do) View attachment 156577