It's February 23rd, and no CFSv2 members have stratospheric easterlies for the next 44 days... *rubs eyes* in fact all but one member maintain the #PolarVortex above ERA-Interim climatology for the whole period, with the ensemble mean setting new date-record maxima several times. pic.twitter.com/QBAUIo920x

— Dr Simon Lee (@SimonLeeWx) February 23, 2020