If that Pacific ridge plays out then I have no issues with losing the Atlantic blocking.
I'll take a good pacific over Atlantic any day. However it's gonna be a struggle sustaining that with the -PDO.
So I think we'll be good through Jan 20 before things turn mild again.
Still a long shot that Sunday night works out.
Basically back and forth pattern. Warm 1-2 days with rain, cold shot for a day or two then more warmth/rain and rinse/repeat.
Looks like crap if you're looking for snow.
The scary thing is how mundane this feels. Everyone is just accustomed to the new normal which I guess is good if we're able to adapt so quickly.
However these new normals will also be responsible for devastating weather & ecological events in the future.
Also if we ever had another top 5-10 cold December or January people would go nuts.
Everyone had a meltdown when I mentioned CC in the New England forum.
I don't understand why it's so triggering to people and how is a scientific fact political. It's like saying 2+2=4 is controversial.
But you can't ignore it. We are crushing past records.
NJ has seen plenty of interesting weather over the years arguably moreso than many places up north.
From hurricanes to major flooding to tornadoes, wind events, snowstorms so that statement makes zero sense.
Gfs op really replicates the Jan MJO 7 pattern to a tee through day 10.
More ridging out west, cold in the middle and ridge resistance off the east coast.
Also wants to do a flash freeze Sunday night but we know how that usually plays out.
Yes they are. I live in the suburbs so the cold has been enough to kill most blooms but many urban places barely dropped below freezing.
The current warmth will only help.
And I don't see that stopping anytime soon which means winters from now on should mostly be a lot milder with less snows.
Occasionally there could still be patterns that deliver a significant snowstorms but they'll be a lot rarer.
Our golden era is sadly over. Meanwhile the west coast and Pacific NW will have their golden era at least until the warming becomes too much.
Any OP run past 5 days is in weenie land. Even 3+ days is a lot.
Ensembles still look iffy with continued -PNA. If blocking were stronger we could've counteracted it.
Right now things look very cutterish.