ECMWF is playing catch up w/ this MJO pulse. Several days ago it showed an attenuated event barely reaching the Pacific, but new forecasts are trending to the amped GFS. This is consistent w/ Kim et al (2014) that note the EPS is underdone w/ the MJO when initialized in phase 5 pic.twitter.com/5d21yvqDym

— Eric Webb (@webberweather) January 25, 2018