I think this warm ENSO event will end up central based, like last year and 2005. Warmth is progressing east and Japanese guidance supports a continuation of this.
I think the increased access to a larger array of data has allowed for greater scrutiny of every failure, as well, which fuels this misperception.
It runs twice as often now, too, so obviously there will be more variablity.
Crickets...
I at least referenced it in my blogs during previous seasons, albeit usually to illustrate why the euro was preferred, but probably won't this year.
Upslope snows at 2000' elevations in NNE are always an extraordinary phenomenon to watch unfold. However given my proclivity to gravitate towards anomalous weather events that impact an abundance of people, preferably myself included, I am struggling to spare $hits to give-