Don - the SOI has been way above average between moderately strong and extremely above average for seemingly weeks now.
I presume this despite MJO/ CCKW crossing the pacific - nonetheless it is reinforcing a La Niña pattern . Can this lend confidence to at least next 4 months ?
even if things suddenly changed - isn’t this La Niña pattern baked into future at this point ?
i am not sure but presume we are safe with La Nina styled pattern for summer at this point .
mot sure where we stand statistically at this point although this is quite anonymous with a third year La Niña .
This from Twitter from Dr Alecia Bentley on severe storms in northeast and why certain o patterns over-perform (maybe explaining tonight’s underperformance)
https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/wefo/32/5/waf-d-17-0044_1.xml
Pretty cool graphic depiction for wind direction at Islip. Didn’t know they analyze this like that. I believe Bluewave has done stats on wind direction for each season.
Jeez I blew it in April - didn’t foresee below normal even with solid forecast for blocking.
much more cautious for May despite predicted breaking down of AO/NAO.
DCA: +0.5
NYC: +0.5
BOS: +0.2
ORD: -0.2
ATL: +1.0
IAH: +1.3
DEN: +0.8
PHX: +1.2
SEA: +0.2
i don’t have a good feel. April turned our colder than I thought . A bit gun shy now. Cool start NE with warmer finish ?
I drove from Smithtown (Landing Ave area) to Stony Brook around 6pm and roads were covered with snow and it was a slow drive, so it definitely iced up. On way back just now from Stony Brook to Smithtown and roads were treated.