Sad day....lost a friend of over 20 years late last night/early this AM....got a sinking feeling when his brother called me on my way to work.
Just brutal.
Honest to god...I hope it continues because from about here on out, I am all eyes and ears for winter to tip its hand.
There are going to be precip type issues, but just give me coastals.
I think 2001 was a decent analog last season and I wish I gave it more weight in the mean than I did..it was one of my better sensible weather matches.
Thanks. I honestly didn't know...like I said, I only look back to 1950. I only mentioned 1925 because snowman and Paul Roundy mentioned it as a very good analog for this el nino, which they perceive as being a classic east based event.
So you don't think the MEI matters much...
Okay, fair enough....the only example of what you are suggesting is 1965, which had a peak ONI of 2.0, MEI of 1.6 and RONI of 2.00.
I think that is reasonable.