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    Assuming el nino is not heavily east biased, extra tropical influences on the polar domain will also be of the utmost importance. If we can muster up some intense episodes of blocking like we did this past season, then we should be okay. 1972-1973 was void of that, and 1957-1958 was defintely not....so again, this tells me that the character of el nino, as depicted on the Canadian, is not prohibitive to the development of high latitude blocking during the ensuing cold season.
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    It looks to be like the length of these decadal -PDO cycles is usually anywhere from about 5-10 years. And we look to have begun this one in about 2017, so while it is possible we are about ready to end it, its more likely that we have a couple of years left statistically speaking. That said, a shift to warm ENSO is ordinarily the impetus for change. Whether or not this one flips it is likely the difference between a 1957-1958 type of evolution, or a 1972-1973.
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    Best match all around is probably 1972-1973, but the fact that 1957-1958 is similar in the ENSO region confirms my suspicion that that ENSO el nino orientation, as depicted is not a death knell in and of itself...just need to hope the Pacific gets a little better than that model suggests.
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    Canadian kind of resembles 1957 in the ENSO region, but the PDO doensn't look as high.
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    Candian looks like a basin-wide event to me...I definitely would not call it a modoki, but not heavily east based, either....slight eastern lean, but that doesn't look like a death knell-non-starter to me.
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    Quite a dichotomy evident amongst those 6 winters....3 great ones for the NE, and 3 terds.
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    Agree with high-end mod to strong, but not uber-strong. That has been my thought.
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    Since the 2014-2015 unicorn, been three consecutive mild and well below average snowfall warm ENSO events for my area, if you want to talk about being "due"...warm ENSO is normally the east coast's bread and butter.
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    2006-2007 was east based....we also had an uber event in 2015.
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    50.5
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    That is my point.
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    I'll bet on 60 in April every time over a 2-3' blizzard in winter.
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    My area may remain mired in the pork.
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    I was about to post, its still just 40.6 at my pad.
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    Yes, I think....it would cause it to mimic cool ENSO in some respects because both favor lower heights to the north.
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    Yea, its just about impossible to get a seasonal neg AO/NAO with a healthy east-based el nino. This is why orientation is so crucial because it is that which dictates the nature of the convective forcing that sets the Hadley/Rosby wave train in the mid latitudes. Now, if ENSO were to remain meager, then that is different....but I don't expect that.
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    The depth of the troughing is a bit exaggerated due to greater baseline ambient heights 50 years later, but it still sucks against 1951-2010 climo.
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    We need it to shift to at least centered around 140-150W by about November/December.
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    Look familiar out west?
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    PDO will definitely be higher...it has to...but how much? The fear is a 1972-1973 type of outcome, where the PDO remains negative and a higher end el nino is biased east.
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    Mean is probably about 1.8.
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    Yea, I could def. see basin wide, but I wouldn't be surprised to ultimately see a western tilt, whether or not its a true modoki or not. We'll see....just conjecture at this point. I won't really begin looking at it until the summer.
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    Kind of, but not as drastic....1993 had a hostile NAO region, but the AO was fairly negative for most of the season. 2014 was entirely Pacific driven.
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    That is the ceiling for ONI that I have been advertising, so would make sense to me if that is what he is implying...comparable to 2009/1957 (JUST ONI, NOT SEASONAL ANALOGS PER SE)..years like that. Strong, but not uber-strong.
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    Looks like I'm porked there....in that narrow sliver or real estate that enjoy the luxury of missing out on both winter and spring.....hopefully ma nature gives the winter orifice of choice a break and selects another hole to ravage-
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