I’d say overall it’s unfavorable, but the caveat is a well timed event could work like the 6z gfs. But overall I’m keeping things in check with expectations until Christmas or so.
I agree with Kev we may have to rewrite Christmas songs.
We brought these dews to you ba rum ba bum bum……..
I’ve got no snow for you ba rum ba bum bum……
Yeah we need to sort of flush out the crap and cool it off a bit. That should happen late month. My guess is the pattern flip won’t necessarily be very cold, but offer more snow chances as a whole with an active look.
I get the moisture aspect in the tropics being a driver. We see that with the MJO and warm waters near the equator. That helps drive the hemispheric pattern...not a warm pool in the NPAC that has an avg temp of 52F instead of 50F.
But the poles are warming faster which may help offset a bit? Seems like recently we were hearing the Jet Stream is getting more wavy. But that's how science works. Continuous thought and testing and going back to the theory.