DownpourDave

Near Shirlington… my job is a Physical Scientist Federal Contractor supporting NWS Upper-Air.

Just recently moved here for a new job fresh out of graduate school. Anyone got recommendations of things to do for someone that is new to the area. Thanks!

TSPL, wow

Not that it matters at all at this point but the PDO is now positive albeit barely

I am back. Touch and go for a hot minute, Fever peaked at 103 but avoided the hospital(mostly because ambulance prices are insane).

Be careful out there. Tested positive for FLU A. Hit me like a ton of bricks. According to CdC high prevalence in New England.

I was gonna say, can’t be normal to have the PDO flip like this in a Nina is it? Anyways that Nino like flow in the NPac looks to continue according to the models. Also regardless of the cause, the PDO flipping like this can’t be a bad thing.

Looking at the models and what is forecast in the Pacific, I would not be shocked to see this rise continue and for the PDO to outright flip to positive.

The word was “mint”

I was hoping we get there by Jan 1st so this is better than I expected. I know PSU said getting above that number puts the better analogs in play.

Lets get this at -1.00 by January 1st

You know what is strange, the PDO was near neutral at times last winter(according to chart) yet it didn’t seem to help much. Probably other factors at play (most likely would find an answer by researching the analogs applicable to last year).

Credit to @brooklynwx99 A visual representing the change in that chart. SSTA Change