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February storm threat discussion


Ellinwood

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Monday, February 20 is our next chance and possibly the last for the season.

It could flurry this weekend but big whoop-de-do.

There's usually legit chances through the first week of March around here. But anything that falls is usually a wet sloppy mess and gone by the end of the day.

No reason to punt on the remainder of Feb, but I would be fine if the pattern continues as is.

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Nothing in the long range that really shows me anything. Our pattern has been crappy and it is only going to get worse. (AO is going positive) & the (NAO is staying positive) yeah there can be surprises, but I am not buying it at this moment yet.

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At this point, unless something REAL shows up soon, I am ready for the return to warm spring-like weather. I have been hoping like the rest of the snow lovers for something to eke out in the models and give us some winter weather. But it's just about time to say "SPRING!". We've gone through the dark days of winter with hardly a cold snap. It's time to look forward to the warmth of the sun angle and sitting in the yard next to the grill with a cold beer in hand.

I am in agreement with many others when it comes to a "car topping" snow... it aint enough! Nice, but not enough.

Okay. I am through ranting.

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There's usually legit chances through the first week of March around here. But anything that falls is usually a wet sloppy mess and gone by the end of the day.

No reason to punt on the remainder of Feb, but I would be fine if the pattern continues as is.

So far, every snow we have had has been a wet sloppy mess - so I am hoping for anything!

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Nothing in the long range that really shows me anything. Our pattern has been crappy and it is only going to get worse. (AO is going positive) & the (NAO is staying positive) yeah there can be surprises, but I am not buying it at this moment yet.

I thought the NAO was going negative starting this weekend for a few days.

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What is interesting is the ao dropped down below -3 but the nao never went negative. I've been just too busy to sit quietly and finish the daily nao graphs for a side by side comparison with ao.

However, I do know it is very unusual to have a large - or + anomaly for the ao and have the nao not follow it. Especially on a monthly average. There are pretty much no occurances of the ao being more than +1 or less than -1 average for the month and have the NAO not in the same + or - territory. Wes already explained this for me but I don't remember it clearly enough to post here.

Anyway, look at this:

I'll dig into the statistal part of this eventually but even right now we have an ao @ -2 and a nao @ +1. This is just not that common.

Then of course you can look at this:

Looks like we actually will get the MJO to do the 8-1 cycle pretty soon. The question is, will it do what it's supposed to do or will some other teleconnection or oscillation negate the typical response here along the EC?

I'm not sure how it will shake out but you gotta wonder if having multiple teleconnections work in tandem in our favor ever happens this winter.

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Maybe this weekend but I really think it's just a tease. If this winter wants to go out like a bang, then keep your fingers crossed for the 1st week of March like in 2009. NAO & AO are going on a suck ride soon.

I wouldn't expect too much. I think the scenario of getting a productive period with a good pattern is the least likely scenario. I think the high end ceiling is one 4-8" event with a couple cartoppers thrown in.

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What is interesting is the ao dropped down below -3 but the nao never went negative. I've been just too busy to sit quietly and finish the daily nao graphs for a side by side comparison with ao.

However, I do know it is very unusual to have a large - or + anomaly for the ao and have the nao not follow it. Especially on a monthly average. There are pretty much no occurances of the ao being more than +1 or less than -1 average for the month and have the NAO not in the same + or - territory. Wes already explained this for me but I don't remember it clearly enough to post here.

Anyway, look at this:

I'll dig into the statistal part of this eventually but even right now we have an ao @ -2 and a nao @ +1. This is just not that common.

Then of course you can look at this:

Looks like we actually will get the MJO to do the 8-1 cycle pretty soon. The question is, will it do what it's supposed to do or will some other teleconnection or oscillation negate the typical response here along the EC?

I'm not sure how it will shake out but you gotta wonder if having multiple teleconnections work in tandem in our favor ever happens this winter.

Interesting stats. For as nice as it is to finally see the MJO moving into favorable phases seeing it nose dive close to the circle of death is a bit disheartening. Goes again to what you say about wondering if we can ever get a number of indices to get their acts together for a brief period of time.

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Interesting stats. For as nice as it is to finally see the MJO moving into favorable phases seeing it nose dive close to the circle of death is a bit disheartening. Goes again to what you say about wondering if we can ever get a number of indices to get their acts together for a brief period of time.

One thing about the mjo, forecasting beyone about 5 days or so gets really bad. That same nosedive was supposed to happen in octant 6, then 7, and now 8. I think it does make it through 8-1-possibly 2 but that is really just a guess.

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I actually looked at the SREF for the weekend.

Early in the winter I didn't even care that it sucked. I think I just figured 1) we're losing cold time and 2) we'll make up for it at least somewhat later. Now I find myself looking at every run even more than before... trying to find the magic bullet.

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So look...I'm pretty sure its long gone and the weekend is toast...but look at the 0z NAM at 36 and compare it to 12z today at 48 at h5

too bad the nam is awful. but i kinda hope we get a run or two where it hits us. this will be a last yr type storm at best. book it.

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