@psuhoffman
Outside of something transient/bootleg, are there any cases where there was a sustained -NAO while the AO was persistently positive? I would think not, or very rarely.
Yeah this winter the SPV has been a consolidated monster, and it has coupled down to the troposphere. Not much is going to overcome that. Maybe perfect forcing in the Pac that produces a persistent PNA ridge. We would have a fighting chance if that were the case. Not so this winter. Not even close.
For those who were not aware, they certainly should be after this winter. A persistent +AO is death to snow chances in our region.
Only way to somewhat mitigate it is a persistent and strong EPO ridge.
A large portion of the region also had a snowless Jan, aside from a trace.
And outside of NW areas, very little in Dec.
But yeah, it's generally how we roll.
Just to expand the futility area a bit, Philly is at 0.3". Their worst snowfall season was 1972-73, recording a trace.
As of now, this winter would rank second, just ahead of 1997-98, with 0.8".
Drinking a Gearhead Steve DIPA from True Respite.
Good beer, and a cool name and art work.
@losetoa6 should try this one. Esp since he is a gearhead from way back.
Nothing can save this winter in my mind. It has barely felt like winter, and for the past few weeks my brain thinks its March. I literally went to Lowes the other day to buy some outside plants, only to find that ofc they had nothing, lol.
Potential comes with the secondary surge (real deal) cold. I spotted this on the Euro a few runs ago but it seemed to lose it a bit. Looks pretty decent on today's run. Something to watch.