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Temperature thing on my computer says it's 82 here!
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Thunderstorm season has been shifting to late June/July vs the Spring over the last several years
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Not a bad way to spend a Tuesday morning!
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2026 Atlantic Hurricane Season
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2026-2027 Strong/Super El Nino
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Nino 1+2 was almost 0.0 in 09-10. -
2026-2027 Strong/Super El Nino
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And since November every composite for "before an El Nino the next year" has worked out perfectly - probably the best 6 month running composite match on record. It may take a +4.0c ONI El Nino to dominate a N. Pacific low like 82-83 or 97-98 though -
2026-2027 Strong/Super El Nino
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But the big constant-persistent N. Pacific low has gone extinct as we've gone through time. Whether that is global change or a product of the -PDO/-ENSO background state, the fact that the MEI is still negative for April tells me that the major strong Nino N. Pacific pattern may not be there that strong this year. -
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Stormchaserchuck1 replied to Stormchaserchuck1's topic in Weather Forecasting and Discussion
My guess is we don't see a monster North Pacific low like 82-83 and 97-98, but we'll see. The "negative ENSO background state" appears to still be very strong. -
Daily ONI is already passing +1.0c in Nino 3.4 and subsurface is warmest ever only below 1997, normal 65F areas on the thermocline are 80F right now. It's going to at least go Strong. SOI is the biggest counter-indicator.. it hasn't had more than a few very negative days.
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2026-2027 Strong/Super El Nino
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Even in 23-24 the SOI didn't go very negative... it's been following the PDO in the 2020s where it's leaning positive most of the time Only 16 months of -SOI since July 2020. 77% +SOI during that time Everyone was saying early in the year where we can't have a Strong Nino so close to the last Strong Nino since ENSO is at least partially about balance. Check out this RONI streak.. we are evening this out, imo -
2026-2027 Strong/Super El Nino
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Yeah let's see if the STJ juices up this year with cold ENSO background state probably still in effect. 23-24 Winter was very wet but Nov 2023 was extremely dry -
2026-2027 Strong/Super El Nino
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Yeah -- it was pretty close to a uniform La Nina pattern last Winter in the US. Combine that with pre-El Nino conditions for the year after, and you have about a perfect composite. -
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I didn't realize it was such a strong La Nina STJ pattern -
2026-2027 Strong/Super El Nino
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Maybe I'm missing something but we still don't have H5 monthlies?
