mitchnick

Those numbers bode well up here/you as well as in Mappy's neck of the woods, on north. Pattern you posted screams more traditional Niña results i.e. a 40N winter. Which "used to mean" we "could" still pull out an event or 2 even with February H5 looking like what you posted. We'll see.

While understandably we are all focused on temps, I like that the weeklies are keeping us AN to normal with precip thru December. At least in the Mid Atlantic, dry is always a concern in Niñas, especially Decembers. https://charts.ecmwf.int/products/extended-anomaly-tp?base_time=202511130000&projection=opencharts_north_america&valid_time=202511240000

Cansips run this month for December not far off all things considered.

Just multiply those numbers by -1 and voila!

And it's still below normal on 12/31.

That map is Celsius!

Although I look at the Cfs2 for fun, I doubt it's reanalysis maps are correct!

Coast to coast cold. Hmmmm

Sounds like you woke up on the wrong side of the cave.

42 years as a lawyer, and you learn to understand people's motivations. Sorry, that's my impression of your motivations, along with others.

So there's still a thread of hope for you that we get a warm and snowless winter for you and others of your ilk to sit back and enjoy the meltdowns?

I like the fact, however, we finally have Roundy in our corner.

I hope it's right, but honestly didn't believe it when Snowman posted it and don't believe that one. Models just don't forecast the MJO well.

Looks very close to the January Eps seasonal that came out a few days ago.

I was assuming he meant 81/82 winter.