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Check out how, as a 2nd point, the Hadley cell expanding is sending ridging all the way up through the NW Pacific Ocean. http://www.meteo.psu.edu/ewall/ENSHGTAVGNH_18z/ensloopmref.html

Ridging in the NW Pacific Ocean is reflecting a very far north Hadley Cell. http://www.meteo.psu.edu/ewall/ENSHGTAVGNH_0z/ensloopmref.html

Really beautiful Spring day today, everything is out in full bloom, and this has the fullness/broadness/depth that I can't remember happening this early. 96-97 was an early bloom, maybe close to equal, I lived in Baltimore city at the time and flowers/leaves were trying to come on by March 15-25. I remember rooting against the snowstorm March 31st that was suppose to give us 12"+ originally, it ended up being all rain based on a last second move, I dropped some of my interest for snow at that point. The NAO is at +600dm right now and you can tell that it doesn't even matter, as life is bursting through, to the tops of trees, it seems from the ground. It's been 55-60 degrees for 3 consecutive days under pacific-atlantic-Polar blocking. last few days of Feb/1st week of March was really "naturally warm" now, at this time, i've noticed, sun radiates brightness really warm.

This configuration is very -AAM at +Day 15, so the N. Hemisphere taking on El Nino-base state isn't happening. https://ibb.co/JxXZ1Tw

The western subsurface waters are really warm so it has plenty of fuel... It waned a little bit but March isn't late for a Strong Nino to still take hold. What I worry about is this constant -PNA in the N. Pacific, which models have even at D-15 now. Usually there is a small, but decent correlation between developing ENSO events and N. Pacific pattern in the late Winter.

More of a -PNA on the 0z NAM.. bigger SE ridge. After it was so warm today in already the pattern change, this is par I guess, it's hard to get so warm without a -PNA north Pacific ridge. models are a little behind in this regard. We still have time to trend imo.

Out to 120.. looks like we want to build a CAD wedge to plenty of blocking to the north.. like I said, differences between NAM and GFS in the Pacific is that there's still plenty of time to trend.

Here you go guys.. good step 120hrs.. fine

18z GFS still way different from the NAM out west, will need to be worked out. https://ibb.co/sscbm9y big difference for 69hr

After today 60 degrees.. it's going to be a colder pattern. Models are running a lot like that, so I don't see why the SE ridge wouldn't trend less with blocking to the north.. It's usually easier said than done: 1 pattern is greater than another pattern, but I think this gravitating south to the gulf stream could make sense. If we can get this storm to happen on the 11th or before we should be fine..

In the 60s, these patterns used to really deliver. 18z NAM looks good, imo. It's really favorable in the upper levels so I'm not going away.

If we can get this thing to come earlier, it would be better.

-PNA

Stronger/more amped WC energy 0z https://ibb.co/5B9dBFg Stronger -NAO.. slightly sw pac ridge, but it's oriented more toward -epo, and a +pna trough looks like it's trying to undercut the ridge vs 18z

WOW 18z NAM vs 12z GFS https://ibb.co/0shS616

February is the strongest Nino month. This is what the last El Nino February did!

18-19 Weak Nino didn't do good enough.. We had a -PNA that Winter and near +200dm in February! We need a healthy Moderate or Strong Nino imo.

Ensembles look great.. we still have plenty of time for an adjustment. Models will have to kill the -EPO imo for a cutter through the Rockies/Midwest.

Well the Pacific changes conditions today. By Monday, it's full on +pdo(+pna/-epo). Models seem to have been over initializing current conditions, so let's see if that changes anything.

Stronger +PNA Low and higher ridge into Alaska.. funny. At this point, something will need to be worked out between the two (SE ridge 2nd part). They are like slowly organizing an amplified pattern slowly...

It kind of seems like models are being "lazy" in my opinion, over amplifying the energy because it can't handle the heavily amplified new pattern.. maybe the EPO area will adjust on future model runs?

Would have to suppress the SE ridge if that holds.. maybe the energy splits? Pretty wild to go SE ridge when this is dominating and -NAO too. It can happen, but something might need to be worked out.

Look at that storm! STJ amped east and west to hold its energy as a general pattern.. check

The pattern is a little more uniform though.

STJ continues to be really amplified at 98hr.