Longer then that. Take 2018 for example. We had one in February 2018 and didn’t feel the effects until March.
We had one in January 2019 but it never coupled so it didn’t nothing for us.
It’s really hasn’t been that cold for the grass to go completely dormant. The coldest air of the season mostly occurred when the grass was protected by snow cover.
Above normal snowfall for December. Historically it is almost a slam dunk we see another a snowstorm this winter when we get that. Our next chance is probably in early to mid January.
Yeah, imby fetishes aside we are in such a better spot then last winter. The Atlantic looks great and the vortex will remain week. This time last year we were basically ended winter once the vortex gained strength
If we loose the Atlantic then the 1st half of January is going to be toast.
we continue to have issues with getting cold air into southeast Canada. (In January so meh cold is more then enough) but at some point we will need to tap that cold in Siberia.
Agree. But having this much blocking is not normal. We have not had the typical December Niña pattern. This has been acting more like a nino then a Niña. Where is the southeast ridge and cold in the upper Midwest?
This is why it’s so important to have a weak vortex. If we Didn’t have it (look like a ssw is coming as well) we would be in a typical Niña pattern. The weeklies and long range Models are just looking at the mjo and defaulting Niña