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September 2020 wx discussion


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2 hours ago, SnoSki14 said:

Most likely scenario. A bit too early to see a big phased in trough, but October could be interesting. 

But we saw it in early August with Isaias.

Either way, I think we aren't done with EC TC.  The next one we get will most likely be from the Greek alphabet lol.

 

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Today saw temperatures top out in the middle and upper 70s. However, this warmth will be short-lived. The coldest air mass so far this season will begin to overspread the region tomorrow. The coming weekend will be unseasonably chilly. Even Central Park could see the temperature drop below 50° for the first time in September since September 24, 2013 when the temperature fell to 47°.

Generally below normal readings could persist into at least the last week of September. There is an increasing possibility that September could wind up on the cool side of normal, which would be an uncommon event in recent cases preceding La Niña winters.

Elsewhere, Phoenix reached 109° today, which tied the daily record set in 1962. Today was also the 120th time this year that Phoenix reached 100° or above. 2020 is just the 7th year on record with 120 or more 100° readings. The last such year was 2018 with 128 days. The 30-year moving average is now 110.5 days. The 30-year moving average in 2010 was 109.6 days. Records go back to August 1895.

The ENSO Region 1+2 anomaly was -1.0°C and the Region 3.4 anomaly was -1.0°C for the week centered around September 9. For the past six weeks, the ENSO Region 1+2 anomaly has averaged -1.08°C and the ENSO Region 3.4 anomaly has averaged -0.75°C. La Niña conditions have developed and will likely prevail through the remainder of autumn.

The SOI was +17.89.

Today, the preliminary Arctic Oscillation (AO) figure was +0.292.

On September 16, the MJO was in Phase 4 at an amplitude of 1.620 (RMM). The September 15-adjusted amplitude was 1.428.

Since 1990, there have been 11 La Niña events, 6 of which followed an El Niño winter. 10/11 (91%) case saw warmer than normal September. All 6 following an El Niño winter were warmer than normal. September mean temperatures for New York City for those cases were: 11 cases: 69.9°; Subset of 6 cases: 70.8°; Entire 1990-2019 period: 69.0°. The September mean temperature for all La Niña and neutral-cool cases following an El Niño winter (1950-2019: n=13) was 69.9°.

Since 1950, there have been five cases where a La Niña developed during June-July-August or afterward following an El Niño winter. 4/5 (80%) of those cases saw a predominant EPO+/AO+ winter pattern. The most recent such case was 2016-17. 9/10 (90%) of the La Niña winters that followed an El Niño winter featured a predominantly positive EPO.   

Based on sensitivity analysis applied to the latest guidance, there is an implied 48% probability that New York City will have a warmer than normal September. September will likely finish with a mean temperature near 68.1°.

Finally,on September 16, Arctic sea ice extent (JAXA) was 3.630 million square kilometers. To date, the summer minimum figure is 3.555 million square kilometers (JAXA). Based on 2010-2019 data, the highest 25% bound was 3.742 million square kilometers. The lowest 25% bound was 3.581 million square kilometers. The lowest 10% bound is 3.465 million square kilometers. 2020 is the second consecutive year with a minimum extent figure below 4.000 million square kilometers and the third such year on record. 2020 also has, by far, the second lowest extent on record.

In contrast, according to NSIDC historical data, the 1920 minimum extent was approximately 8.826 million square kilometers and the 1970 minimum extent was 8.757 million square kilometers.

 

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The next 8 days are averaging 67degs.      Make it 62degs,  or -5.0.

This GFS run again looks unbridled starting the 23rd.----with 7 80's, 1 90, and 3 more lows in the 70's!

The Tropics:    36.5N 76.0W-Sally leftovers entering the Atlantic,   22.5N. 94.0W-the Wanderer,   21.5N 55.0W-Oh the games I played with Sally that u did not read about, finally 12N 31W.

64*(82%RH) here at 6am, scattered clouds.     68* by 1pm.      71* by 5pm.       84* by 9pm

 

 

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Looks like we here in Wantage NJ are in the midst of at least a 14 dry spell having started early on the 11th with the xext chance of measurable rain here around the 24th-25th and per the NAEFS, nothing significant through Oct 2.  Good thing days are shorter and overall it's much cooler, so remaining flowers not nipped by frost here in the I84 corridor valleys (Sat-Tue mornings), won't need as much watering. Might??? become interesting for small scale fires around here if this keeps up...especially se NYS  (added graphic qpf % departure last 2 weeks and then am mentally projecting ahead next 1-3 weeks). 

West Coast smoke overhead along I95 corridor through the I84 corridor today sinks southward so that by tonight we should be pretty much cleaned out as it sinks into the southeast USA. 

Finally, while the NAEFS was indeed too far too north for early today, it and the UKMET (past two cycles) especially picked up on a secondary area of relatively heavy qpf that occurred this morning on the north shore of LI (Suffolk County especially) with 0.5 to .85" amounts are noted in WU data and on the digital radar precip estimates.  Overall however, I think the GFS did best on northern extent of qpf throughout the prior week of forecast cycles. 656A/18

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Morning thoughts...

A strong cold front is moving across the area. Clouds will gradually give way to partly sunny skies. Temperatures will rise mainly into the upper 60s to around 70° across the region. Likely high temperatures around the region include:

New York City (Central Park): 69°
Newark: 70°
Philadelphia: 70°

This weekend will see the coolest readings so far this season.

 

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21 minutes ago, SACRUS said:

Coldest should be Sun night - Monday.  850s forecast at <0C.  Temps rebound by 9/23 - 9/25 before next cool down 9/26-9/27.  Back and forth with chance for cutoff ULL towards next month into the MW.  

Doesn't look like a cooldown on the 26th-27th to me. Models are showing maybe a very brief minor cooldown on friday the 25th after the warmth of the 23rd-24th, and then actually warming back up the weekend of the 26th-27th. Could be looking at 80 degrees sunday the 27th.

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8 minutes ago, winterwx21 said:

Doesn't look like a cooldown on the 26th-27th to me. Models are showing maybe a very brief minor cooldown on friday the 25th after the warmth of the 23rd-24th, and then actually warming back up the weekend of the 26th-27th. Could be looking at 80 degrees sunday the 27th.

It's complicated and Teddy's evolution will play a role in the future pattern.

Looks like it'll cause the NAO to go negative.

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