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PhiEaglesfan712

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  1. It's only happened once before, when 3 robust el ninos happened in the 1982-92 period, which was a solid +PDO period. After the 2nd el nino event was a strong la nina. If we do get a very strong el nino, I'm almost expecting that after 2 in a short period, it's going to have to correct to the opposite direction, and a robust la nina will follow after it. And there was somewhat of a correction in 1983 and 1984, even before the robust 1988 event. There was none in 2024 or 2025. It's got to correct, unless we've reached a point of no return and the global climate is permanently altered.
  2. The Weather Forums is the best: https://theweatherforums.com/index.php?/forum/3-the-weather-forums/ Here, you have pretty much unlimited attachments, and discussion is much more civil.
  3. Yeah, a drought was well overdue. Prior to the drought beginning in September 2024, it had been over 20 years since we had one (the previous one ended in fall 2002).
  4. Get ready for 30C minimums in November and December.
  5. We've pretty much, more or less, stopped gaining daylight at this point. The sunrises and sunsets are just shifting a little bit later each day, but we aren't really gaining or losing daylight. At least not enough for anyone to really notice. We are in the period of maximum daylight.
  6. I think 95-96 was the last time we had a solid +PDO la nina. Oddly enough, it followed the -PDO el nino in 94-95. I wonder what caused the inverse correlation of those years. Mind you this was at the end of a 20+ year +PDO period (the transition from +PDO to -PDO took place in between the super el nino and strong la nina in 1998). Maybe we do get something similar this time around, a -PDO el nino in 26-27, followed by a +PDO la nina in 27-28. Then, one final -PDO event, before the transition to +PDO.
  7. I really got lucky this weekend, with the rain and storms on Thursday and last night. Fridaty and Saturday were perfect, and I got late night swims in.
  8. If the PDO doesn't turn positive, I think the el nino stays below +2C, and 94-95 is our best analog. PDO should flip if we get above +2C, and definitely if it's above +2.5C. There has never been a +2.5C el nino that had a -PDO. Definitely not the best winter, but we could get something out of one month (most likely February).
  9. If we're having an el nino that's supposedly going off the charts, then I don't expect the PDO to repeat the pattern of the last 2 years. If a record-breaking el nino can't flip the PDO, then it's time to start getting concerned that the -PDO is going to be permanent. Quite frankly, if a record-breaking el nino doesn't break the -PDO, I don't know what will.
  10. KOQN Airport's max and min needs to be fixed. 19 should be the max value, and 9 the min.
  11. The severe thunderstorm threat is over, correct?
  12. Same here. I'm home alone, and hopefully the thunderstorms are out of the way before sunset, so I can go on a late night swim. Tomorrow is perfect weather. Can cut the grass and go for a late night swim home alone.
  13. It's interesting that the QBO has swung wildly every year this decade: 2020-21: solid +QBO 2021-22: solid -QBO 2022-23: solid +QBO 2023-24: solid -QBO 2024-25: solid +QBO 2025-26: solid -QBO 2026-27: solid +QBO?
  14. Okay, I guess this means it will correct itself in the other direction next year, and 2027 will have a cooling that rival years like 1998 and 2010.
  15. To be fair, many thought it would be a cooler June, due to this being a pre-strong nino summer. Such Junes/summers are notorious for being cooler, like 1972, 1982, 1997, 2009, and 2023. The only real exceptions to this rule were 1991 and 2015, and both were preceded by a warm neutral ENSO winter. That wasn't the case this year.
  16. And if we wanted go back one more year, I'm sure Feb 2015 had a +10 departure somewhere in the West. I feel like 2011-12 was the tipping point. I just checked the departures, and there were places in North Dakota that maintained the +10 departure for 4 months straight, from December 2011 to March 2012.
  17. The correlation didn't work for December 2021. That was a -ENSO/-QBO, and that December was an absolute blowtorch.
  18. The 3 el ninos in the 82-92 period were all robust, though. The 88-89 la nina happened after the 2nd event. That's the only time really that robust el ninos were so close to each other. It will be interesting to see, after this el nino event, if the same pattern follows, and get such a strong la nina.
  19. 72-73 was followed by a strong la nina (part of a triple la nina), and preceded by a double la nina: 1970-71 - moderate la nina 1971-72 - weak la nina 1972-73 - super el nino 1973-74 - strong la nina 1974-75 - weak la nina 1975-76 - strong la nina
  20. 72-73 is the only super el nino that followed a double la nina. From the strong group, you have 09-10 following a double la nina, with 57-58 and 23-24 following a triple la nina. Of course, 72-73, 86-88, 97-98, and 09-10 were all followed by strong la ninas, with 72-73 and 97-98 followed by a triple la nina, and 09-10 followed by a double la nina. Even 15-16 was followed up by a double dip la nina, although both years were weak la ninas.
  21. Yeah, almost all el ninos do that, with the obvious exception of 1986-88 (which peaked in between seasons, in the summer of 87). However, the earlier the peak/fall off, the more likely for a strong la nina the following year. Just look at 1973, and the aforementioned 1988, for example. Those years got very close to, or even breached, -2.0C.
  22. We're definitely overdue a strong la nina. The last time we had 2 robust el ninos back-to-back was the series that began with the 82-83 super el nino (when we had 3 in a decade). After the 2nd el nino (86-88) followed a strong la nina (88-89). I have a feeling that we're going to have a strong la nina after this strong/super el nino event. 82-83: super el nino => 23-24: strong el nino 83-86: -ENSO event => 24-26: -ENSO event 86-88: strong el nino => 26-27 (or 26-28): robust el nino 88-89: strong la nina => 27-28 (or 28-29): strong la nina???
  23. I saw this Early 2026-2027 Snowfall Insight on LinkedIn:
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