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It feels like we will never see a -NAO again, 1 out of the past 13 winter months (DJF) has had a -NAO (including this winter). And its no coincidence that in those winter months we have had about 10" of snow total, which roughly spans 4 1/3 winters leaving us at roughly 35% of climo. That's why I am so bleak on any snow the rest of this winter, no blocking no now for us, usually.

We are setting a record here for a +ENSO/+PDO winter to have all 3 months with a +AO, so we got that going for us.

It was too much SAI. It killed us. And you notice, that big SAI pumper, MillWx, is long gone. He hasn't been seen since November. Kinda like a stock pumper. Get us all excited about this crap and we buy in and get our lunch money taken by the big SAI bully.

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Yepper and with no blocking.  I wonder how many miller b's we have had with no blocking.  If you see his composite what does it show that sticks out like a sore thumb compared to what we are hoping will produce a winter storm in 10 days.....

 

His composite is beautiful, PV has shifted into SE Quebec, blocking over the top, suppressed storm rack, tall ridging in the west.  We have 2 of those items but not the most important.

Succinct and to the point, and without question  .... 

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It was too much SAI. It killed us. And you notice, that big SAI pumper, MillWx, is long gone. He hasn't been seen since November. Kinda like a stock pumper. Get us all excited about this crap and we buy in and get our lunch money taken by the big SAI bully.

 

It failed so badly it's virtually unusable now.  I know none of these things are 100% but there was no mixed signals for this year and it couldn't have failed any worse.  It literally killed every seasonal forecast. 

 

How is this going to ever get to JB's forecast?

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whenever jburns allows, we need a new thread called "This Winter Sucks" and it'd be sort of like one of those remembrance books at a memorial service - just sign your name and go on in ....

You mean I'm not posting in that thread now?   :P

 

Yepper and with no blocking.  I wonder how many miller b's we have had with no blocking.  If you see his composite what does it show that sticks out like a sore thumb compared to what we are hoping will produce a winter storm in 10 days.....

 

His composite is beautiful, PV has shifted into SE Quebec, blocking over the top, suppressed storm rack, tall ridging in the west.  We have 2 of those items but not the most important.

Threading the needle ftw!!!   :lol:    Miller b's don't work for mby  ;) 

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It failed so badly it's virtually unusable now. I know none of these things are 100% but there was no mixed signals for this year and it couldn't have failed any worse. It literally killed every seasonal forecast.

How is this going to ever get to JB's forecast?

JB is toast. Most winter forecasts are toast. Hey, by the way man, if you ever get to downtown Raleigh, PM me and we can hit up some lunch somewhere.

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Yepper and with no blocking.  I wonder how many miller b's we have had with no blocking.  If you see his composite what does it show that sticks out like a sore thumb compared to what we are hoping will produce a winter storm in 10 days.....

 

His composite is beautiful, PV has shifted into SE Quebec, blocking over the top, suppressed storm rack, tall ridging in the west.  We have 2 of those items but not the most important.

 

The signal for high-latitude blocking in the NAO/AO regions is relatively weak, & unimpressive, the Pacific is where it really matters for Miller Bs. we can have a neutral-slightly positive NAO & still be fine... However, *If* by chance the NAO/AO are stoutly positive & increase, we're going to be dealing w/ a synoptic setup that is along the lines of February 1973 & December 1989 (if the incipient air mass permits of course). I'm sure even those who are well south of the I-20 corridor & on the Carolina coast wouldn't complain about that.

I seriously doubt this happens, but just to be safe...

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The signal for high-latitude blocking in the NAO/AO regions is relatively weak, & unimpressive, the Pacific is where it really matters for Miller Bs. we can have a neutral-slightly positive NAO & still be fine... However, *If* by chance the NAO/AO are stoutly positive & increase, we're going to be dealing w/ a synoptic setup that is along the lines of February 1973 & December 1989 (if the incipient air mass permits of course). I'm sure even those who are well south of the I-20 corridor & on the Carolina coast wouldn't complain about that.

I seriously doubt this happens, but just to be safe...

 

 

 

Webber - You throw that down here my way and I'll drive to NC and buy you whatever beverage is allowed. Promise.

 

Phil

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I feel bad for him. He's clearly struggling.

I don't know what happened with him at the other board yesterday. It was really bizarre. He seems to know his stuff but the outburst yesterday just came out of nowhere. I have no idea why he lost it over someone starting a thread about the potential for a storm in 10 days.

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The Waycross forcefield was also present in 1989. Notice how we only got 1.6 inches and all the surrounding locations got 2-4 inches. Since its always warmer here than surrounding locations, it took the snow longer to accumulate because of warmer ground temps than surrounding locations. :lol:

You would be close enough to go on a snow chase if that map that Wow posted verifies. 

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