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.
You just happened upon one of my sensible weather analogs....entirely independent of this, mind you....I just line up the matching ENSO state years and sort out best temp and precip matches....1977 made the list for both. Keep in mind there are other seasons, so don't get the wrong idea....