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Winter 2014-2015 Pattern Discussion Thread III


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That MJO diagram looks nice.  But yeah, I'd love to see some other models jump on.  GFS takes it around the horn.  The Euro, which had it hanging in phase 5, now moves it to phase 6 and into the COD.  That's progress, I guess.

 

Where we continue to falter is with blocking.  We have no signal for that...STILL.  The AO and NAO are strongly positive and are forest to fall to neutral, at best.  We need a reshuffling there, big time.

 

Everything has failed this winter....nino pattern, SAI/OPI.  I really thought by now we would see a move to more blocking after Jan 20th or so.  Now we are moving the goal posts back to Feb for that. 

 

Oh yeah, Dec's QBO went even more negative.... :axe:

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Everything has failed this winter....nino pattern, SAI/OPI.  I really thought by now we would see a move to more blocking after Jan 20th or so.  Now we are moving the goal posts back to Feb for that. 

 

Oh yeah, Dec's QBO went even more negative.... :axe:

 

My hope is that we can get to -40 or so with the QBO.  If we're going to go down, we might has well break some records.

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On the 12z GFS, there is a good supply of high pressures through 144, but I can't remember a time when 1040ish high pressures with a developing west coast ridge can't even penetrate the midwest and Ohio Valley. Kind of kooky looking IMO.

 

One thing seems certain.  I wouldn't expect to see much of the sun next week.

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Northern vort way to strung out and north.  No blocking or 50/50 makes it hard to keep it south to keep the confluence zone south to keep strong high pressure south to keep a cold feed to get frozen precip. :(

 

Only a little over 7 weeks until March and this nightmare of a winter will be over.... :baby:

 

GFS pops a SLP right over our fannies and then gives the MA a big winter storm.  Par for the course, it's a MA themed winter, again.  Only gives them 12-15", that will improve as we get closer.

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Does the -QBO keep the flow too fast for big storms to develop? Just trying to figure out how that plays into the equation.

 

Some say that it helps to keep the Stratospheric vortex wound up and hard to break down.  This would lead to difficulty in blocking.  Others say that there's no real scientific, peer-reviewed research on this.  Some say strong -QBOs with Ninos are good.  Some say they're good with low solar flux.  Some say rising -QBOs with weak Ninos and solar maximums under a full moon on leap years are good.

 

I think it's a bogey that nobody can lock torpedoes on.  But it or something else has locked torpedoes on our winter and the shields are weakening.

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GFS and GFS PARA are night and day different at day 10ish. Has a PV dropping with major cold in the east. GFS in the LR is just fugly.

 

Yeah, because the Para leaves a cut-off behind in souther cali and thus the primary is over the lakes.  If we have to watch another cut off rot away in Cali I am going to lose my mind.

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Some say that it helps to keep the Stratospheric vortex wound up and hard to break down.  This would lead to difficulty in blocking.  Others say that there's no real scientific, peer-reviewed research on this.  Some say strong -QBOs with Ninos are good.  Some say they're good with low solar flux.  Some say rising -QBOs with weak Ninos and solar maximums under a full moon on leap years are good.

 

I think it's a bogey that nobody can lock torpedoes on.  But it or something else has locked torpedoes on our winter and the shields are weakening.

Lol. I remember DT stating it had a negative effect if the numbers didn't start to come up. Someone did mention that may improve so hopefully it won't be a negative factor anymore if it is.

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Burger that storm that the DOC has, and now OP GFS shows some potential...Verbatim not the best right now, but that could be a fun one to watch. 

 6z GFS had not a hint of it and now 12Z shows a decent coastal.       Looks like they are sniffing something out.   Still looks awfully warm for most of the SE during that time, not a good track at the moment.  but its so far out who knows

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As long as the rain keeps working underneath, I'm content.  Cold with no moisture is just cold..like today, or tomorrow..big whoop, lol.  Rain working underneath gives a high a chance to come down, and all I ever get a winter is 2 or 3 chances anyway..often not very good ones,.and a lot of winters that's not until March, lol.  I've had snow then zr in my forecast this week, so that's a start.  Maybe something will actually happen one day...might even be this winter, lol.  Mid month has looked interesting for a while...stranger things have happened!  T

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Cmc is quite ker with moisture and ice in extreme nw sc foothills briefly and va. Then the next system goes a step futher than the gfs and para and the northern stream energy doesn't get going good until later and screws MA but does good for new england. But it drags very cold air down for us and looks like it would be setting up a stout 50/50 and shake up the north atlantic.

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Even if the D8-D9 coastal does happen as the GFS and Euro show, I'm not sure where the cold air is going to come from.

 

Theoretically we will have a HP located in central US that is trying to banana in. 

 

Edit:  Actually reminds me of last Jan's winter storm.

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