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2026-2027 Record-breaking El Nino
Ephesians2 replied to Stormchaserchuck1's topic in Weather Forecasting and Discussion
Not sure what you mean. It's part of the -PDO that has been around for years and was why 2023-24 was so weird. Hopefully we see that warm blob actually break down into the fall. -
2026-2027 Record-breaking El Nino
Ephesians2 replied to Stormchaserchuck1's topic in Weather Forecasting and Discussion
If you really squint you can see the warmth around Japan dissipating a bit -
Is that ridge from NW of Hawaii to Japan normal for a Nino? Or is that due to the PDO and really warm water in that area?
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Enjoy https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcRGIBvuVJ_/?igsi=MXpwNDJyOTdid3c5
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2026-2027 Record-breaking El Nino
Ephesians2 replied to Stormchaserchuck1's topic in Weather Forecasting and Discussion
implies a bad Pacific, which I think is more likely than not unless the PDO reverses -
Sorry, I meant underperformed based on what would expect if you were given the 500mb composite in advance, not expectations. Bad patterns were total shutouts and mediocre patterns became bad winters. 2018-19 is the only one that I think "luck" might have been in our favor - the Pacific was awful that year.
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I think there's been a lot of "bad luck" the last few winters. Relative to what you'd expect with the overall pattern: 2017-18: underperformed (Dec and Jan produced very little for most of the forum) 2018-19: near expected 2020-21: MAJOR underperformance for most of the forum. 2021-22: near expected 2023-24: near expected 2024-25: slightly underperformed 2025-26: underperformed 2016-17, 19-20, and 22-23 were all awful seasonal patterns but you could argue they underperformed because they could have been like 4-8 inch seasonal totals, not total shutouts. Like even 2011-12 had a 7 inch fluke storm down here that missed DC. Hopefully we finally get the flukes to break in our favor this winter.
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2026-2027 Record-breaking El Nino
Ephesians2 replied to Stormchaserchuck1's topic in Weather Forecasting and Discussion
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2026 Mid-Atlantic Severe Storm General Discussion
Ephesians2 replied to Kmlwx's topic in Mid Atlantic
Charlottesville is the storm magnet this month. Seems like every time I check the radar to see if I am finally getting rain down here, there is a cell over Charlottesville.- 2,562 replies
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2026-2027 Record-breaking El Nino
Ephesians2 replied to Stormchaserchuck1's topic in Weather Forecasting and Discussion
2024 was too weak to overcome the nina/-PDO base state. my gut feeling is warm too, but not in the way 2024 was, when we had almost a nina-like pacific pattern. that winter wasn't that wet in the MA/SE either. -
You guys did well in 1997-98 if I recall. I would definitely rather have some elevation this winter.
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2026-2027 Record-breaking El Nino
Ephesians2 replied to Stormchaserchuck1's topic in Weather Forecasting and Discussion
This is literally the same outlook everyone posts on youtube every single year. Not to mention - I'm trying to figure out why the northern plains are "Polar Vortex", the Rockies are snowy, the Midwest is "Arctic Blasts", the southern plains into the southeast is the ever-present "Battle Zone" --- but the mild corner is specifically most of Kansas and Nebraska, a fourth of Iowa, and half of Missouri. What pattern would produce that? I'm not sure. Perhaps somewhere had to be mild.
