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El Nino 2023-2024


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17 minutes ago, George BM said:

New SON ONI/RONI out.

SON ONI(rounded to nearest tenth): 1.8C (so maybe like 1.75-1.77?)

SON RONI: 1.34C

SON ONI (ERSST based) came in at +1.78. So, ONI-RONI gap dropped in SON but only slightly to 0.44 from 0.49 in ASO.

Nov ERSST input to ONI was +2.02. Nov OISST was +1.90 due to different base climo because absolute SSTs came out the same (28.72).

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In order to do this Oct (1.72), Nov (2.02) (probably revised up a bit as the other months have had revisions slightly warmer than initially posted), Dec would have to attain a monthly mean of 2-2.1 (closer to 2.1 for rounding purposes) for the anomalies. If this does not occur and hits at 1.9 instead we cap at a 1.9 trimonthly. The next potential would then be kicked to January and that is anybody's guess at this point because a lot will depend on how things hold up this month. Overall though the difference of a trimonthly at 1.8 (currently seen) to 2 is not really all that different.

If we go by Eric Webb( or is it Webber) you need an ONI trimonthly of over 2C so essentially 2.1 would attain that Super call and in order to do that December would need to come in at nearly 2.4 with upticking Nov numbers to 2.1 so we could round it up to 2.1. https://www.webberweather.com/ensemble-oceanic-nino-index.html

Im not so sure that happens especially with the chance of this WWB being a bit weaker than the last and not until the 15th -20th when it starts to make some impact on temps. Again if we end December at 2.1 we could attain the 2 mark and then it would be a try again in January but fools gold to know what will happen in January at this point.

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 Dec 4th Euro Weeklies look similarly impressive with numerous EPS members (~45%, which is similar to prior two days) with major SSWs 12/28-1/18. A year ago (~12/31/22) the SPV was in stark contrast near a record high strength!


 Strongest SSWs:

~27% <-10 vs 25% prior run

8% <-20 vs 5% prior run

7% <-25 vs 3% prior run

5% <-30 vs 0% prior run
 

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9 hours ago, snowman19 said:

@bluewave Are you also expecting the MJO wave to slow down dramatically, maybe stall when it interacts/constructively interferes with the El Nino standing wave?

One of the main issues with the longer range model forecasts for the MJO beyond 10 days is that the ensembles weaken the convective signal too much. This is also true with the RMM charts. So some of the posts on twitter stating that the MJO will quickly weaken or progress to 8-1-2 are basing that on an an inherent model bias. So it’s no surprise that the convection in the warmer 4-7 phases this week is verifying more intense in the warm phases than the runs back in late November were indicating. This is one of the reasons ensemble forecasts have been correcting warmer for December than they were indicating later in November. So even if the MJO can eventually get over into phase 8 that is also a warmer signal from December into January.

New run

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Old run

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16 minutes ago, bluewave said:

One of the main issues with the longer range model forecasts for the MJO beyond 10 days is that the ensembles weaken the convective signal too much. This is also true with the RMM charts. So some of the posts on twitter stating that the MJO will quickly weaken or progress to 8-1-2 are basing that on an an inherent model bias. So it’s no surprise that the convection in the warmer 4-7 phases this week is verifying more intense in the warm phases than the runs back in late November were indicating. This is one of the reasons ensemble forecasts have been correcting warmer for December than they were indicating later in November. So even if the MJO can eventually get over into phase 8-1-2, that is also a warmer signal from December into January.

New run

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Old run

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If you watch these forecasts daily as I  do, you will see that the long range forecasts for both positive AND negative anomalies are almost always weaker than reality i.e. typical ensemble forecasting. As proof, look at both the yellow and green areas on the 11/26 map and compare them. Otoh, this forecast period could be a cherry pick. The other problem is that I  agree MJO forecasts aren't that great in general. Thus, I  don't think you can say with certainty modeling is going to always be too weak with warm phases or too strong with cold ones. And if you can't say it with certainty, it offers no additional forecasting assistance and you're left guessing when it's too weak and when it's not.

Regarding this month's Conus numbers, why don't we wait until the end of the month for actual numbers instead of assuming it ends up one way or the other? Clearly, it's looking on track for a typical December strong or super Niño. But since we have 25/30 of the month remaining, it probably makes better sense to wait before claiming that late November MJO forecasts for the early/mid month were flawed. Jmho

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7 minutes ago, mitchnick said:

If you watch these forecasts daily as I  do, you will see that the long range forecasts for both positive AND negative anomalies are almost always weaker than reality i.e. typical ensemble forecasting. As proof, look at both the yellow and green areas on the 11/26 map and compare them. Otoh, this forecast period could be a cherry pick. The other problem is that I  agree MJO forecasts aren't that great in general. Thus, I  don't think you can say with certainty modeling is going to always be too weak with warm phases or too strong with cold ones. And if you can't say it with certainty, it offers no additional forecasting assistance and you're left guessing when it's too weak and when it's not.

Regarding this month's Conus numbers, why don't we wait until the end of the month for actual numbers instead of assuming it ends up one way or the other? Clearly, it's looking on track for a typical December strong or super Niño. But since we have 25/30 of the month remaining, it probably makes better sense to wait before claiming that late November MJO forecasts for the early/mid month were flawed. Jmho

Maritime Continent to Central Pacific MJO phases with a borderline super El Niño is a very warm signal for the CONUS. So it’s not a surprise that the models are correcting warmer. This pattern has supercharged the Pacific Jet which is flooding North America with mild Pacific air. 
 

 

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6 minutes ago, bluewave said:

Maritime Continent to Central Pacific MJO phases with a borderline super El Niño is a very warm signal for the CONUS. So it’s not a surprise that the models are correcting warmer. This pattern has supercharged the Pacific Jet which is flooding North America with mild Pacific air. 
 

 

Yup, no slowing down this pac jet. Going to be several areas  way below avg in snowfall going into January 2024 

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22 minutes ago, bluewave said:

Maritime Continent to Central Pacific MJO phases with a borderline super El Niño is a very warm signal for the CONUS. So it’s not a surprise that the models are correcting warmer. This pattern has supercharged the Pacific Jet which is flooding North America with mild Pacific air. 
 

 

Thanks for not responding to any of my points.

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1 minute ago, mitchnick said:

I expected something better than your typical response. 

You can go back in time in this thread and others and find lengthy papers and studies refuting all the points you brought up. So it’s not my job to to the homework for you. 

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