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40/70 Benchmark

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  1. I was arguing that the forcing would be little to the west of the super-El Nino composite due to that, and you disagreed....it was like a couple of weeks ago.
  2. Right...like I said in my original point, which you disagreed with....PDO is not the driver, but it is reflective of the drivers, so it shouldn't be ignored.
  3. I'm not crazy about the JMA this season....it has continued to try to turn this event into a Modoki, which never made much sense to me, and makes even less since now that it's getting the warm pool that far east.
  4. You were resisting me on the importance of the 30C warm pool with respect to forcing when it was modeled south of Hawaii, and I was arguing it would compete with the east-based El Nino, but now that there is support for it getting further east it's full-steam ahead. lol
  5. Thanks for the elaboration. We can agree to disagree. I don't think it's the <20C waters that is the issue, but rather the continued high-octane OHC that has been building in the western portion of the basin relative to the eastern section over the past decade plus. Obviously the west PAC has always been warmer given the Walker Cycle, but I think part of the reason we have seen this barrage or La Nina events this decade is due to the growing disparity between the west/eastern basins as a product of CC augmenting the cool phase of the multidecadal cycle. Sure, now we have the unprecedented magnitude of this El Nino finally working to restore some balance, but I have a hard time believing there won't be any resistance.....I think we are seeing that with respect to the lethargic rate of recovery of the PDO, most prominently evidenced by the warmth building east of Japan, as well as the residual disconnect between the El Nino and sensible weather over the course of the summer and into the fall. This battle is why I feel the forcing is modeled west of the intense-El Nino composite.
  6. @LakePaste25I'd love to hear why the PDO isn't reflective of crucial forcing. The "X" emoji's are similar to the gaudy AI visuals in that they add very little value. -PDO is not reflective of El Nino, but rather a competing force...you can ignore it at your own peril, or figure out what said force is and account for it.
  7. Right, but it's a refection of hemispheric forcing that absolutely has a profound effect on the long wave pattern. You are missing the point....it's like seeing a juiced-up disturbance ridging the STJ and up the coast, but telling people not to worry about the arctic high parked over Ottawa because it can't produce precipitation. Sure, but it will interact with entities that absolutely can. Stop viewing the atmosphere in a vacuum and focus on how everything interacts. You don't consume a bag of flower for dessert, right? No, you bake into the pie first.
  8. 2006 had a huge October NAO block, and then the winter sucked rectal-cheese.
  9. Must say, you have done an exemplary job with your diagnosis of this El Nino. Kudos, and genuinely glad to have you back.
  10. Tool bag....always beware of the "forecasting" entities that use gaudy AI visuals...it's a compensation.
  11. 1997 actually isn't that bad of a QBO analog upon closer look...not great, but not bad...def. awful for solar, though. I think I will include it on the QBO composite given how strong of an ENSO match it is....solar is prohibitive of its' inclusion of a polar analog, though.
  12. This is being updated: 30MB: https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/data/indices/qbo.u30.index 50MB: https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/data/indices/qbo.u50.index
  13. I'm convinced their EMI product is garbage this season....it's been trying to flip this into a central-based event since last summer, along with the CANSIPS, and they both just continue can-kicking.
  14. Too bad he copyrighted it...I wanted to steal that forecast, said no one with a modicum of genuine meteorological insight.
  15. Agree on 2015 being strongest....nice solar match, as well...like 2014 was last year, but I didn't explicitly use it as an analog due to ENSO, but it definitely informed my expectation for strong +TNH last season.
  16. I wasn't doubting +QBO......just saying, I would like a streamline of homogenous data.
  17. He just posted on X that +IOD is coupling with El Nino and constructively interfering...mentions nothing about strength lol
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