Weather Forecasting and Discussion

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1. 2026-2027 Record-breaking El Nino 1 2 3 4 138

   By Stormchaserchuck1, February 10   

   • nao/ao
   • pdo
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   • CoastalWx
   • 1 hour ago

2. 2025-2026 ENSO 1 2 3 4 307

   By 40/70 Benchmark, February 25, 2025
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   • vortex95
   • June 5

3. In The Eye of the Storm: Chasers

   By Coach McGuirk, July 11   

   • tornadoes
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   • CheeselandSkies
   • Thursday at 11:37 PM

4. super el nino banter thread 1 2

   By forkyfork, June 12
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   • LakePaste25
   • August 6

5. Canada Storm-Specific SVR/TOR Warnings

   By vortex95, April 24
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   • vortex95
   • August 5

6. 2026 forecast contest thread -- enter your March 2026 forecasts 1 2 3 4 7

   By Roger Smith, December 27, 2025
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   • so_whats_happening
   • August 5

7. 5 More METAR Sites Now Available:

   By vortex95, July 11
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   • vortex95
   • July 11

8. Weather Station

   By Storm Clouds, July 2
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   • Storm Clouds
   • July 10

9. Will northeast snowstorms, the 21st century, ever come out?

   By weatherman4life, May 7
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   • Eskimo Joe
   • July 1

10. RRFS/REFS Parallel Feed

    By vortex95, June 2
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    • vortex95
    • June 2

11. GDPS Upgrade

    By vortex95, May 29
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    • vortex95
    • May 29

12. 3 More METAR Sites Now Available

    By vortex95, May 26
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    • vortex95
    • May 26

13. Devastating tornado strikes Joplin, Missouri 1 2 3 4 53

    By Hoosier, May 23, 2011
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    • bkviking
    • May 22

14. 4 More METAR Sites Now Available

    By vortex95, May 16
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    • vortex95
    • May 16

15. A Critique of ML (Machine Learning) for Weather Forecasting

    By vortex95, April 20
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    • vortex95
    • April 20

16. Seeking input from forecasters re: their blogging/ publishing tools (short survey + early access)

    By hooralph, April 14
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    • hooralph
    • April 14

17. Forecasting now vs. 30 years ago

    By EWR757, March 1
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    • Newman
    • April 11

18. 7 More METAR Sites Now Available

    By vortex95, March 9
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    • Devidbrain
    • March 25

19. Winter 2025-2026 Thoughts

    By donsutherland1, November 12, 2025
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    • donsutherland1
    • February 27

20. 5 Red Flags for Winter Storm Forecasts Video

    By vortex95, December 31, 2025
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    • Amped
    • January 29

21. 2025 forecast contests -- enter for December 2025 contest (deadline 06z Dec 1st) and also for winter snowfall forecast contest (see latest post in thread for details) 1 2 3 4 9

    By Roger Smith, December 27, 2024
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    • RodneyS
    • January 2

22. RONI vs. ONI

    By so_whats_happening, December 21, 2025
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    • so_whats_happening
    • December 21, 2025

23. 5 More METAR Sites Now Available:

    By vortex95, November 7, 2025
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    • BobRodriquez
    • December 10, 2025

24. Enderlin, ND EF5 Tornado

    By Newman, October 6, 2025
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    • BobRodriquez
    • November 13, 2025

25. And we begin

    By weathafella, September 17, 2024   

    • annual ramp up to winter using nhem snow/ice
    • 2o24-25
    • 11 replies
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    • Cobalt
    • October 11, 2025