2026-2027 Record-breaking El Nino

[frontranger8]

14 minutes ago, forkyfork said:

why? the climo baseline is about to jump even warmer

It's not a one to one relationship when you're talking about something like snowfall at a specific location.

[frontranger8]

39 minutes ago, SnowenOutThere said:

Not necessarily. This would work if the event was random, however, we have strong evidence that our climatology issues are related to human caused climate change. Therefore, it will most likely not revert till we revert the atmospheric forcing mechanisms of climate change effects on the atmospheric/oceanic circulation. 

There are way too many individual examples that go against this, though. It's just not that simple.

For example, for much of the Pacific Northwest and northern Rockies, Feb/Mar has gotten colder and snowier in the past decade or so. Counter the global temperature trend.

[BuffaloWeather]

November might set records for warmest on record across many locations. 

[forkyfork]

10 minutes ago, frontranger8 said:

It's not a one to one relationship when you're talking about something like snowfall at a specific location.

it needs to be cold for snow

[forkyfork]

13 minutes ago, frontranger8 said:

For example, for much of the Pacific Northwest, Feb/Mar has gotten colder and snowier in the past decade or so. Counter the global temperature trend.

citation needed

[frontranger8]

9 minutes ago, forkyfork said:

it needs to be cold for snow

Brilliant. Thankfully, it can still get cold enough to snow.

[PhiEaglesfan712]

14 minutes ago, BuffaloWeather said:

November might set records for warmest on record across many locations. 

I don't even think it will be the warmest November this decade. 2020, 2022, and 2024 set the bar so high. Early returns tell me it won't be as warm as those years.

[MJO812]

Bamwx still likes mid to late November for a colder pattern in the east.

[frontranger8]

10 minutes ago, forkyfork said:

citation needed

Here's February over the last dozen years. Keep in mind the baseline goes back 35 years.

 

Seattle's snowfall in February the past 10 years has been more than double their long term mean. This includes their snowiest February on record (2019) and their third snowiest (2021).

https://wrcc-archive.dri.edu/WRCCWrappers.py?sodxtrmts+457473+por+por+snow+none+msum+5+07+F

[cmillzz]

13 minutes ago, forkyfork said:

citation needed

He's not entirely wrong, but what's really striking is how much warmer the East has gotten over the past decade or so.

[forkyfork]

5 minutes ago, frontranger8 said:

Here's February over the last dozen years. Keep in mind the baseline goes back 35 years.

 

Seattle's snowfall in February the past 10 years has been more than double their long term mean. This includes their snowiest February on record (2019) and their third snowiest (2021).

https://wrcc-archive.dri.edu/WRCCWrappers.py?sodxtrmts+457473+por+por+snow+none+msum+5+07+F

you said february and march

[forkyfork]

1 minute ago, cmillzz said:

He's not entirely wrong, but what's really striking is how much warmer the East has gotten over the past decade or so.

use older averages and that blue disappears

[donsutherland1]

El Niño Regions 1+2 (+5.4C anomaly) and 3 (+4.4C anomaly) set new weekly records for the week centered around October 28th. Region 3.4 (+3.4C anomaly) tied its weekly record that had been set during the prior week. Despite some social media chatter of a "weakening" El Niño, the ongoing event is continuing to strengthen. It will likely peak this month or next month. It will also likely be the dominant influence on the hemispheric pattern for December, January and maybe February.  The biggest wildcards concern whether meaningful blocking develops late in the winter (possibly allowing for one big snowstorm as occurred during 1982-83 and 2015-16), the degree and rate of weakening following El Niño's November/December peak, and whether the stratospheric polar vortex will recover from the forecast sudden stratospheric warming event then lock in for much of the winter.

Yesterday's November monthly record rainfall in parts of Arizona, including Flagstaff where records go back to 1898, and today's extreme rainfall in parts of Florida have been, in part, aided by El Niño's enhanced moisture and subtropical jet. This aspect is likely to play out throughout much of the winter with a high degree of confidence.

Artwork generated to illustrate El Niño's rising impact.

[frontranger8]

25 minutes ago, forkyfork said:

you said february and march

See above.

[frontranger8]

27 minutes ago, cmillzz said:

He's not entirely wrong, but what's really striking is how much warmer the East has gotten over the past decade or so.

Not "entirely wrong" lol, ok I'll take it. That map shows exactly what I said.