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With a La Nina being almost a given for next winter, the only thing we can realistically root for is the N Pac high to push further poleward into Alaska for a -epo. But with less blocking, good luck getting a -nao. Winter should be a rockin’ out west, though! Start saving up for your trips, folks!

Yeah, there’s a good reason why AFDs never go past 6-7 days

to be fair, maybe they don’t have any good answers as to why the projected blocks vanished into thin air (literally). All we have is theories and poor LR model performance. My own theory is that the marine heat wave off Japan disrupted the wave train downstream, breaking up any attempt for the aleutian low to form and sustain itself, and also pushing the pac jet northward effectively broke up the blocks.

Big storm? Sure. But won't be surprised at all if we get 3 inches of rain at 38 degrees, and some of us would be thinking, if it only were 1958. Sorry not sorry.

My house shook too. Severe wx season started early!

That’s a market bottom signal right there. (new weenie handbook entry)

For sure. With the number of 60-70 degree days.

I’m not convinced that lower SO2 is the biggest or the only factor, but if it is permanent, then this recent 7-8 year period is our new normal.

Until the pac flips, I’m going to approach it as nothing will change to the mostly warm winter likely ratters except for a lucky hit like Jan 2022 and mid-Jan this year. In other words, wake me up once we get a +PDO

That would be mother nature screwing with us for the fun of it.

@brooklynwx99 My best guess as I’ve said in another thread is that the pac jet was shoved northward by the marine heat wave off Japan. Physically it makes sense to me. Heights increase above that heat wave, jet goes over instead of under, and breaks up any aleutian low before it even forms.

Our best winter week this year was actually due in part to a La Nina-esque pattern with an aleutian ridge that nudged poleward.

Where was that? All I got was a flash freeze where I couldn’t even open my car door until I spent 20 minutes melting it with hot water. This Nino winter gave me 12 days worth of sledding and snowman-making days with my daughter. Had the time of our lives, and we didn’t even have to travel to see snow. Cue the Kevin shark tank meme…

I thought so, too, when I did my outlook. It looked as though the pdo was becoming less and less negative, and was sure the nino would win out.

Could the marine heat wave off Japan have anything to do with this? If it’s not MJO4, if it’s not EAMT, then what…? Thinking it through physically, it kind makes sense to me that the marine heat wave could be pushing the extended pac jet poleward so it goes over a la nina instead of under as it would in a canonical nino

It’s gonna have to snow early and often if we’re going to avoid another ratter. I’m talking between thanksgiving and new year, maybe first week of Jan. Then it’s lights out.

2022-23 was a modoki nina. This time we won’t have as much blocking as we did last year. As you said… I’m going to work on racking up points to get my family a free flight out west next winter.

As long as we have a background -pdo state, these canonical nino looks on weeklies shouldn’t be taken seriously. I want to see the pacific flip first, whenever that may be.

Usually starts late april early may, no? I’m overseas the entire month of April so I get to skip the most boring part of the year

I thought DMV was expensive, but VT isn't that much cheaper. Out west, same.

Awesome. Just ordered

Thanks. Should I spray before it rains, or when we have a dry forecast coming up?

Serious question. Have you considered getting a job in the ski industry? Not sure if it's viable because ski resorts are suffering all over and may not be hiring like crazy, but have you looked at those opportunities?

I was looking at that first circle over southern Vermont as well. Mainly checking Zillow for real estate prices (casually), but couldn't find a whole lot of listings that aren't down in the valley. Not that I'm planning to move in the short term - I'm staying put for now. There are more important things in life than frozen ice crystals falling from the sky... like friends and family, daughter gets to see her grandma once a week, etc. But if my mom moves out of the DMV, or daughter leaves the house after HS, or otherwise a strong reason for us to move, that's one area I'll be looking at. Or go out west. Only problem is... by then, I may be too old to shovel 3 feet of snow. Unless I keep hitting the gym and stay in shape and not allow myself to let go.