40/70 Benchmark

I think next winter will atone for this up there.

Moderate.

February was def. colder and snowier than I had thought, but to be fair....I don't think its a huge shock that the signature phase change event of the season leaked over into the start of February...I mentioned that was possible. My miss this season was the SSW, which protracted the colder appeal and blocking into Feb. I will do the post analysis in May, as always. Glad I hedged lame in March, despite the big blocking signature evident in my March analog composite. Fooled me last year, but not this year. I will never sign off on a big ending for SNE during a moderate of greater la nina.

Too bad that this season went out with a whimper, but par for the course in a moderate or greater la nina....tried to tell 'em.

1971-1972, 1984-1985 and 2008-2009 maybe a few early analogs to consider. Just food for thought, at this point.

I hope that happens for the sake of my forecast across NNE.

Tons to look forward to....I enjoy watching the nucleus of a young team evolve....I don't need a WS every season.

I love this time of year...so dangerous and always living on the edge. See ya in May for a day, then August.

I'm okay with it...was just frustrating bc it left so much on the table and porked me compared to further SW. My tolerance for meteorological frustration is greater later in the season.

Final Call is cancelled lol Maybe up to an inch in some (lucky?) spots. https://easternmassweather.blogspot.com/2021/03/not-so-snowy-friday-am-commute-final.html

Yes, I agree, but my point is that my grade was lower than many other people's due to the lack of a big event where I lived.

Right...its fine to disagree; I'm just clarifying my case. I will admit, my affinity for large events skews my grades....conversely, I am lower on years like 1993-1994 and 2013-2014 than most.

Its also about how you arrived at the temps...I mean, after the Grinch, we had virtually no torches. It doesn't matter to me if you achieve positive anomalies by making into the 20s at night instead of teens. I'd actually prefer it, since I have to venture out in the AM.

Right....I guess its dependent on personal scale. D for me is last year....awful winter, but a great event. F would be like 2001-2002 or 2011-2012 (I got screwed in halloween deal). I love the big events, so tough for me to fail a season when those are dished out.....if you are going to fail due to above avg temps, it may be time to implement a curve.

That seems low to me...we had one storm well over a foot, one near a foot and over a month of solid pack. Solidly below avg snowfall, but not ratter. C- fits for me.

Be careful and stay safe-

Do you think the drier air is sneaky?

Compromise is about right.

Yes.

Agree, for the most part.

What causes this rejuvination in the precip field?

My pick is ORH This looks good.

That would fit the season, so it would not surprise me, but I think north of there....ORH through NE MA/SE NH.

Completely agree...this is why I liked it qualitatively speaking.