The bar is extremely low after last winter especially south of 41N
Hell a 10" winter would be nearly a 5x improvement for places like NYC.
I'll take a strong Nino over the crap we've been dealing with because at least there's a chance at something interesting. It also shakes up the stagnant Nina pattern.
There's more to it than strong Nino equals no hurricane season especially with the very odd evolution of this Nino.
Things are changing in the new CC era. Old rules no longer apply
Weather looks good after tomorrow.
Weekend looks great. I don't see any major heat for now. Temperatures will probably stay close to seasonable levels averaged out.
3rd week of May could be cooler though.
It takes a lot for us to see a cool month. We'd need the omega block or any extreme block to last most of the month.
We've also seen a big swing where the west is cool & we're very warm since 2015. Parts of CA have seen top 5 record cold months.
Why do you assume it'll be an east based Nino?
Warming typically starts east and propagates westward. Monthlies show this happening by the fall.
Strong eastern warming can collapse very quickly.
Models sort of all over the place with rain amounts today.
I do wonder if we'll be dry slotted with low going right over us with heavy rains west & east of us.
Very chilly first few days of May. GFS has highs in the 40s on Wednesday with graupel likely