That’s a accurate chart of what’s going on currently. As of now no secondary peak is imminent. The eastern pac has actually warmed over the last few weeks.
This isn’t going to be last winter where the PV gained strength and the mjo went wild at the end of December. The vortex is going to stay in Canada which will keep them cold. All we would need is something to buckle the flow to get the cold here.
This December is acting more like a niño then Niña. Perhaps we get a niño January/February instead then. Who knows
Which was forecasted I believe from early last week. It was never supposed to be super below normal. The warmth was expected by the weekend. I believe I even posted about it.
The following week won’t be cold because we lost the -epo look
I didn’t really say anything about cold in my post lol. I agree, lately it has been the theme. But I do think the models did a good job calling for this week to be cold. Its just going to be dry so no snow means nobody will care.
Yeah, I would favor above normal. If we can keep Canada cold (which it looks like) we should be okay going forward.
This isn’t last winter where the Pv strengthened and mjo went crazy at the end of December.
Something to look at going forward is how the PV will start to weaken after mid month. The mjo is also to forecast to die off in 5. If we can get the Pv to control the pattern things could become more favorable end of December into January
All I’m saying is it looks hostile around that timeframe. The mjo forcing is bad and the -AAM keeps the Niña look. I don’t think it’s a surprise that we are getting more of a Niña look for late December. TBD how bad it gets. As long as you keep the vortex in Canada you just need to buckle the flow. I’m not trying to steal your snow
The pig isn’t in Ak. It’s still in Canada so it protects them from getting flooded with pac puke. If that would to happen you can write off the following two weeks IMO. Not saying I expect that
The GEFS were the first to back away from the better look mid month. The eps continues to show a good pattern in the 11-15 until it went towards the GEFS yesterday.
The models have been chasing this -epo/blocking pattern for a while now. In reality we just end up with more of the same. We really need something to shake things up.