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Has there ever been a snowstorm in mid-March with a +2std NAO? I know 1993 had +nao, but don't think it was a strong as +2

All the roll-forward stuff from the Winter was suggesting March would be near normal to below in the eastern 1/3 of the US.. seems to be beating the Euro weeklies in the long range

Models have really come around to a better looking Pacific..

Yeah, but this is the 500mb pattern, super unfavorable on large scale as a sustained thing, it's taking a few days to change the surface.

Thank you donsutherland for Phoenix, AZ statistics.. this was their warmest Winter on record by a lot. The difference between 1 and 2 is almost the same as 2 and 20. Climate analog point - the pattern that follows April-June of the analogs is below, notice the -H5 up north and -PNA in the Pacific. I've seen this when DC hits a record Winter high temperature or some other US city, the Polar area gets negative anomaly, and there is more ridging at the mid-latitudes +months forward: April US Temps (+2-4 months, some progression east)

29F. I'm surprised Winter is holding on this strong, to be honest. And our last few temperature dips have coincided with precip, it's usually the other way around.

24.5" total. I was always saying Winter average here is close to 30", but it's probably 25" now.

Records just keep dropping in PHX, does it have the greatest rate of warming in the world, of major cities?

This is a little bit of a misconception. Does a Super La Nina mean brutal cold?

Just a dusting here

Analog research comparisons.... 30 analogs Base period: Analogs (Top 30) Following March of 30 analogs Following Apr-May.. maybe a strong severe wx season Following Summer (June-August) Following Sept-Nov: It doesn't show my analogs clearly, so here they are:

What's up with March for the last 6 (now 7), years?

Since I moved 30 minutes north of Baltimore in 1998, 13/28 April's have had snow (flurries or more). Unfortunately, it's 0 for the last 5 though.

It's going to be pretty interesting, because we'll be transitioning from weak La Nina to more El Nino conditions late March into early April. Completely new pattern has the potential to build at that time vs the consistency of what has been all Winter. The pattern right now is for things to cool down a little as they get closer, it should be interesting to see what happens as El Nino starts to build!

I wonder if CANSIPS has consistency bias? I know I think @GaWx was showing how they had SSTA anomalies for the same month year after year.