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  1. What did the July 1 seasonals show for winter in that area in regards to GOA SSTs? It seems like the June 1 CANSIPS had it easing up a bit. I need to look more closely at July1.
  2. I managed to find my way to Mammoth Lakes last week and part of this week. We saw it snow at 10k’ as a thunderstorm complex dropped temps like a rock while we were hiking. We had temps in the low 40s. The mountain range to our east had new snowfall the next morning. Crazy how the weather behaves at high elevation.
  3. Point Barrow, AK, is cold next week. Yes, I do follow the weather there. It sometimes can give a hint of things to come. If cold builds their early - good thing. Highs in the mid to low 30s next week.
  4. Same here. I am just glad not to be in a deficit as early spring was incredibly dry IMBY. Nice turn of evens. It seems like NE TN is often closer to drought than deluge. I am honestly surprised by the cool start to summer.
  5. This is the best easy summer for rain in a long time IMBY. My garden looks like it is on steroids.
  6. I always forget about the IO, and it burns be every...single...time I forget about it. Usually Jeff comes in and is like, "Lots of convection moving into the Maritime Continent." It took me a few times, but then I figured out that was code for...winter is about to go to crap! LOL.
  7. I will work on some analogs packages. This is tricky this year as we were more La Nina last winter, trended back to neutral, and may trend weakly negative again. For now and subject to change... Temps... Dec: BN Jan: N Feb: AN Precip... All months normal to slightly BN IMHO...but w/ a chance for slightly AN if you like the CANSIPS. Snow... AN eastern valley w/ an early start normal everywhere else w/ snow a bit later in middle and west (but honestly might be similar to what you got this winter)
  8. The CANSIPS and Euro seasonals have the PDO going to neutral w/ warmer SST temps moving closer to the coast of northern NA as winter progresses. The La Nina on both models is weak and/or trending to neutral as winter progresses. I could almost cut and paste last winter's forecast with one exception....the QBO is more favorable.
  9. Preliminary ideas. I look for a second winter of La Nina. Extended summer looks likely with a sharp turn to winter later in November, though the CANSIPS argues for an early fall. The Euro seasonal has summer lasting through fall. A 3-4 week period in December and January could be frigid. The QBO is now falling and has reached negative territory. Oddly, the data shows the QBO dipped negative briefly (and sharply) during December 2024 out of nowhere - interesting. To me, that looks like a mistake w/ the +/- symbol. Either way, it is falling now as we hit summer. By December, we should be hitting rock bottom. I think the stage is set for another frigid stretch sometime after or around mid-December. Sorry, I haven't been on for a bit. I have been taking a break and recharging. I have not looked at the EPO yet.
  10. Reports that some roads in the Smokies have been closed for bridge inspections after the tremor.
  11. The TRI Cities Wx Crew has a great map. It was felt almost to be coast…just a huge area.
  12. Confirmed 3.5 earthquake south of Knoxville along the TN/NC line about ten mins ago.
  13. Crazy dry IMBY right now. I am not used to having to water a bone dry garden in April.
  14. Old timers call it dogwood winter…it is a real thing like thunder in the mountains.
  15. Just a brutal flip in temps. On the positive, I went outside and mowed while it was misting this evening. It kept down the dust and wasn't ridiculously hot. Last week was insane for April in regards to temps here. We were CRUSHING daily record highs. Now, we are gonna have freeze warning up for tomorrow night! Crazy!!!
  16. Looking way down the line, the new seasonal Cansips has one glaring feature for DJF next winter....a MONSTER Alaskan ridge. The only reason it isn't frigid on seasonal surface maps here is a little ridge bellying into Texas. As is, the seasonal forecast is a Midwest trough w/ seasonal temps here. That "could" turn out to be a pretty cold look as we get closer. Summer looks warm. When is it not? LOL.
  17. I think Sugar Mountain in NC is actually still open. With the snow tonight, they may well extend into this weekend.
  18. Light snow flurries and snow showers having been falling across TRI this morning. I believe that makes the fifth strategy month with snow in the air.
  19. Incredible. I am usually spared the high winds that the foothills get. I was surprised the winds here were that strong yesterday. Often, there will be wind advisories or warnings in the foothills, and it will just be breezy here. I am going to have to go back and look, but the winds yesterday may have been as bad as Helene IMBY or worse. Fortunately the ground was not soggy. I didn't see many trees down. I think the high winds from last fall purged any weaker trees and empties tries of weaker limbs.
  20. Wind gusts pushing 50mph here at TRI. Sustained winds are as strong as I can remember in some time.
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