2025-2026 ENSO

[EasternLI]

Its interesting times when there's potential to see an amplified MJO in the Pacific. Then firing off an +EAMT into that. Especially given the time of year...

 

[snowman19]

One thing is for sure, this La Niña is and has been exactly mimicking a classic canonical La Niña pattern to a tee. I see absolutely no reason to think it’s going to deviate at all from such in the coming months
 

 

 

 

 

[George001]

42 minutes ago, snowman19 said:

One thing is for sure, this La Niña is and has been exactly mimicking a classic canonical La Niña pattern to a tee. I see absolutely no reason to think it’s going to deviate at all from such in the coming months
 

 

 

 

 

Agree, its no longer a debate whether or not La Niña will develop. We are below the -0.5 threshold on the weeklies in 3 of the 4 ENSO regions, pretty much all the non ONI indices are consistent with La Niña, and the CPC has announced that La Nina conditions are present. So, La Niña is already here. The question is how long does it stay intact and when does it peak? I am hearing some people argue that the La Niña will break down in January and others believe it will remain intact the entire winter. What are your thoughts here? I am very skeptical of the idea it breaks down in January. 

[snowman19]

9 minutes ago, George001 said:

Agree, its no longer a debate whether or not La Niña will develop. We are below the -0.5 threshold on the weeklies in 3 of the 4 ENSO regions, pretty much all the non ONI indices are consistent with La Niña, and the CPC has announced that La Nina conditions are present. So, La Niña is already here. The question is how long does it stay intact and when does it peak? I am hearing some people argue that the La Niña will break down in January and others believe it will remain intact the entire winter. What are your thoughts here?

I agree. We are and have been in a very well coupled La Niña, both atmospherically and oceanically. I see absolutely no evidence at all to expect anything but a canonical La Niña pattern through March. It’s been following the classic La Niña footprint since the start of October and still is. Even if we go cold-neutral come January or February/March, there is no reason to believe the Niña pattern is going to somehow magically just instantly go away. There is always a lag of months between when ENSO phases switch and when you see the effects on the atmosphere 

[michsnowfreak]

4 hours ago, FPizz said:

He's been bullish on this and several others as well as we've been reading here.

Ive said since summer im feeling a good December here. I will go down with the ship if im wrong, but now that we are getting closer, its nice to see mets/models latch onto that general idea. For the talk of a textbook La Nina....well....a textbook La Nina has a good December here, and in fact, often times December is the best month of the winter. It has been a long time since that has been the case, as January/February almost always take home the prize lately. 

[GaWx]

1 hour ago, snowman19 said:

I agree. We are and have been in a very well coupled La Niña, both atmospherically and oceanically. I see absolutely no evidence at all to expect anything but a canonical La Niña pattern through March. It’s been following the classic La Niña footprint since the start of October and still is. Even if we go cold-neutral come January or February/March, there is no reason to believe the Niña pattern is going to somehow magically just instantly go away. There is always a lag of months between when ENSO phases switch and when you see the effects on the atmosphere 

Looks like a Dec/Jan winter the way it appears now. That would be hard to beat.

[jm1220]

29 minutes ago, michsnowfreak said:

Ive said since summer im feeling a good December here. I will go down with the ship if im wrong, but now that we are getting closer, its nice to see mets/models latch onto that general idea. For the talk of a textbook La Nina....well....a textbook La Nina has a good December here, and in fact, often times December is the best month of the winter. It has been a long time since that has been the case, as January/February almost always take home the prize lately. 

Selfishly I hope you’re wrong since a great December for you means washouts here. But hopefully I get at least a decent event that gets Central Park over 4” for the month. 

[mitchnick]

8 minutes ago, GaWx said:

Looks like a Dec/Jan winter the way it appears now. That would be hard to beat.

If February was to surprise us to the positive, I doubt we see that coming before mid-January. The best weak Nina to my recollection in the MA was 95/96. But even that had a nasty thaw in January. But odds now certainly favor a lousy February, at least south of NE.

[George001]

20 minutes ago, mitchnick said:

If February was to surprise us to the positive, I doubt we see that coming before mid-January. The best weak Nina to my recollection in the MA was 95/96. But even that had a nasty thaw in January. But odds now certainly favor a lousy February, at least south of NE.

South of NE is more dicey, agree. I like Jan best, but I am not sold on a bad Feb especially for New England and possibly the northern mid atlantic. Gradient patterns can lead to big snows if you are north of the storm track. It is also looking like the polar vortex is going to be especially prone to disruptions this year.