Forget El Nino 2017-2018, models now pointing toward another La Nina (cities, North)
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A La Nina classic? The SE experienced record cold which is not at all "a La Nina classic".
It's not unusual for one cold wave of the many fickle ones to affect the southeast. For example January 2000, a strong Niña feature 20" of snow in Raleigh and ZR in Atlanta. Most of the "wintry" periods of La Niña though do feature ridging in the South. The cold air masses push down to around Washington or Maryland, and then hang, giving rise to the various intermittent snow events.
But the "classic" aspect was, in the Northeast, frequent warm waves alternating with unusual cold.
Just head west. We haven't seen any persistent record cold or snow in recent years.
As has been noted over and over in studies, you are warming much faster than the eastern US, and in fact that makes the North American dipole more extreme hence creating a loop where then you get even warmer. Until the East catches up this will keep happening.
I’m sure that is some way shape or form, that the winter of 2018-2019 will be an epic fail of a winter yet again. At least the next winter will fail those east of the Rockies.
I’m sure that is some way shape or form, that the winter of 2018-2019 will be an epic fail of a winter yet again. At least the next winter will fail those east of the Rockies.
It will be a fail for my area for sure. The last so called super El nino was a total bust for my area compared to the 97-98 years when we had over 30" of rain from Dec till March. That was a real El Nino and i would love that every winter.
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. At least the next winter will fail those east of the Rockies