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January 2026 Medium/Long Range Discussion


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2 hours ago, bncho said:

from eric webb:

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Let's go. Now my question is...how is the PDO looking? If it stays hostile I'm a tad skeptical of even an El Niño delivering next year. I mean 23-24 was one of the most mediocre ninos we've had--I'm not sure whether the raging -PDO was the main cause or whether the Hunga Tonga eruption 2 years prior had something to do with it too.

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18 minutes ago, Maestrobjwa said:

Let's go. Now my question is...how is the PDO looking? If it continues to stay hostile I'm skeptical of even an El Niño delivering next year. I mean 23-24 was one of the most mediocre ninos we've had--I'm not sure whether the raging -PDO was the main cause or whether the Hunga Tonga eruption 2 years prior had something to do with it too.

Models can’t get week 2 right. Who cares about what next year may or may not deliver. Just my .02

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17 minutes ago, nj2va said:

Models can’t get week 2 right. Who cares about what next year may or may not deliver. Just my .02

I do! I realize that my innate tendency to jump way ahead to the next season and speculate doesn't mesh well here, but ah c'mon man it doesn't hurt. It's just speculation. And El Niño is currently starting to show signs of it's presence, so that part isn't about models not getting it right--as it does appear to be happening now, and it could influence THIS winter. Besides...who wouldn't wwant to have another swing at El Niño lined up for next year while we see what this one is gonna do? (I like a good back-up plan myself :lol:)

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4 hours ago, Ji said:

I think winter ended tonight. For every progress we make we lose 4 steps one run later
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It’s best to not pay attention to the models till we have something inside day 5. It’s a waste of time. 

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Just now, aldie 22 said:

Lol man you guys are psychotic 

I'm trying to be optimistic this winter, but it's concerning to see a decent pattern getting can kicked or outright canceled repeatedly. The only thing that's saved us from a dead ratter in the snowfall department are the two minor December events.

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6 minutes ago, Eskimo Joe said:

I'm trying to be optimistic this winter, but it's concerning to see a decent pattern getting can kicked or outright canceled repeatedly. The only thing that's saved us from a dead ratter in the snowfall department are the two minor December events.

Its early January lol.

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For anyone that wants to play along (disclaimer: i truly hate dissecting model data in the long range but for the sake of the sanity of some members...) .....this 500mb chart depicts a weak trof in the West and a flattened SER. Im not going to repeat what @CAPEand I have discussed repeatedly the past 3 or 4 days. Just because you see blue out west and red in the east does not spell disaster.  Top map is the 500mb chart at 366, below that are the 2m and 850 temps respectively. 

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3 minutes ago, mappy said:

This thread never disappoints in the wtf department lol

Looking at 240hr+ operational models, etc and expecting it to be correct is the peoples problems lol. If learned anything the last few years models stuggle till inside 120 and even then they have had issues inside that. 

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