False.
The MEI is the highest....meaning it has established the strongest coupling with the atmosphere of third year la ninas, however it borderline weak/moderate in terms of intensity.
I use that site. I may have another one in my list of links, not sure. I'll begin sorting through all of that shortly when I begin my outlook crucible.
It's not surprising since last years event was also well coupled, and the event has never abated. It should start to tick downward by probably like October/November.
Yea, that was one of two really atrocious outlooks that I have done....I missed 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 horribly, but have been pretty good as whole, otherwise since I began in 2014-2015.
Looking back, its probably good in the long run because I was pretty arrogant after basically scripting 2017-2018 before it played out and thought I knew it all.
I've done a ton more research since that dose of humble pie from mother nature.
Its just not an exciting way to go out....with hurricanes, tornadoes and blizzards, mother nature sends you out in a blaze of glory, but with a drought, its like death by 2,345,983 paper cuts.
I think envisioning the perfect season for my area....I'd like a repeat of 2000-2001 with a more east based la nina in order to minimize the relative lull mid season due to the shift N of the storm track, and perhaps a slightly warmer 1995-1996 and 2014-2015.
I'm plotting in my mind and going over the potential scenarios...I don't think I want a really cold winter because that sets the stage for you to snort lines off of the Atlantic while I plunge into the Merrimack. I think I want a very active N stream pattern with slightly above normal temps.
Yea, that map is pretty course and doesn't cover the meso nuances....Brett got dumped on a couple of weeks ago.
The rain has been just like the snow here....misses to the north and south.