CoastalWx

2015 was more +PNA which is ideal. Tough to lose out with that, Steve. I know you like the cold supply from a -EPO and as Will said...we take that over +EPO. But, you do play with fire and it's easy for things to go wrong in our neck of the woods. Just hoping for a decent Atlantic.

Yeah Steve's -EPO can be great and all, but nothing like seeing a trough dig over the western high Plains. We know what that means, the kitchen sink many times. Maybe this year will be different in the Atlantic.

It is amazing how we can't buy a prolonged -NAO. And to think about what was thrown about in 2010. I heard some theories as to why we have had some -AO/-NAO summers...but the whole sea ice argument only mildly seems plausible to me.

Euro seasonal looks to have a decent Pacific regarding ridging out west, and especially NW Canada and AK. Verbatim it has a strong signal for a +NAO. We'll see if/how that changes going forward.

It’s a good topic. Who knows what and how man-kind is messing with all this stuff. We’ve certainly had a fortunate run.

John sometimes gets sensitive with this stuff.

Boy that's a tough question. If an increase of 1C holds 7% more water vapor and we have been increasing 0.15C-ish per decade across the CONUS (give or take here).....I don't know how you can assert that into snowfall. To me it's more at the mercy of hemispheric nuances that are dictating storm track and temps. Obviously things don't work linearly in nature. In other words, you can't just say an increase in temps by X-amount means an increase in snowfall by Y-amount. To some degree there likely is an element of AGW...but I remain in the camp that our fortunate run is a result of nuances far beyond AGW.

Non existent for SNE this year. Like most years. Doesn’t look like a pattern conducive for a SNE hit or even glance.

As a side note to my earlier comment, pretty sure I read westerlies in ENSO areas have been rather persistent and anomalous more than expected last several years. Lack of easterlies. Pretty sure that was it. Might also help explain the Pacific temps too. I’ll have to find it.

The one thing that has been an ongoing signal and looks to be again in 19-20, is this NPAC ridging. Not sure why, but that has been semi-permanent. Maybe it’s related to tropical forcing, maybe other factors like AGW, or perhaps something where we just throw our hands up and say “ I dunno.” I find that most interesting.

My point was only to the fact that in prior times, La Niña and El Niño were pronounced features. Now, the whole pacific is warm. Is going to have an effect on MJO propagation which is big in certain ENSO events. I’m just speculating. However, I think it is an interesting question. Maybe it doesn’t matter.

It’s hard to grasp how ENSO effects the pattern anymore since the whole Pacific is AN. Seems to most common element lately has been ridging near AK, but that hasn’t always helped us (sorry Steve).

Thanks Bob. Maybe it's old wood. If it dies back, not sure what I can do. Sounds like no way of preventing that?

Question about hydrangea. For some reason ours has not had any real blooms since we planted them a few years ago. Does anyone no why? I did read they should get morning sun and aftn shade and mine sort of get the opposite. Is it possible they are not in the correct "zone" for temperatures? I have no idea what kind these are.

This has been as green as my lawn has looked so late in the season. While not the extreme lush green like early June, looks great overall. It seems like I lost some of the red thread which is good. Lots of mushrooms though. Will throw on another application before the rain Friday.

Red thread is alive and well. Hopefully we get some dry days.

Nice stuff Mike.

Those poor saunas.

Looks good. Thank Christ you don't do the orange-red nonsense.

Anybody else notice that flowering plants, like dogwoods roses etc. look absolutely amazing this year? Wow.

Yep, there too. Looks great. Makes the traffic that much easier.

Nice Legro. Looks like a good spot there. That's a nice looking yard for something new. Sometimes it takes years to get established. Also, my wife is obsessed with the median on 93 in NH. There are tons and tons of daisies and lupines from the MA line to MHT or so. It looks beautiful. She wants to pull over and rip up a bunch every time we drive by...lol.

Lawn is lush with green nudity. I have a few areas with weeds trying to poke through, but I'll treat those later. Really happy overall. Hope the faucet doesn't shut off.

Dropped lesco couple of weeks ago for round 2. Yard is about as lush as I can remember. Even though May was just over 4" rain, it was timely.

Previous owners of the house we are in now, put in a similar tree. Has to be worth thousands.