Pretty impressive display of a Rossby Wave Train (RWT) during the 11/15-20 period across the western Pacific and Asia. The classic thing about it was how nicely it fit into the whole "tropical forcing shifting back into the Indian Ocean" thing. If you've noticed even worse model consistency than normal over the last 7 days, this is likely one of the reasons why, but certainly not the only reason. Here is a 150mb vector map on 11/17 with a classic Ed Berry circulation (rip off) drawing (minus th