That’s a perception that probably comes from the fact that even when we get a colder nina they still tend not to be great in terms of snow and the warmed ones can be just awful.  this is all Nina’s in the past 30 years Dec-Feb If anything the trough is in the east more than the west. The obvious dominant effect is that central pac ridge. There are really 2 pattern types to Nina.  When that ridge is flat all of the conus tends to torch and get flooded with pac puke. When that ridge e