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You are right.... A pattern of a cold west and warm east may persist well through the winter.
What I would like to know is why a Bermuda high in the Atlantic is present in December. That is unrelated to El Nino and has been having more influence on the warmth in the east even compared to the split flow impact.
What I would like to know is why a Bermuda high in the Atlantic is present in December. That is unrelated to El Nino and has been having more influence on the warmth in the east even compared to the split flow impact.
It was there December 2013 and December 2014. The only difference now is that parts of the Ohio valley and northeast are now seeing well above normal temps and not just the southeast.
So is that high off the Atlantic going to lock itself in place for the rest of the winter?
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Originally Posted by GraniteStater
What I would like to know is why a Bermuda high in the Atlantic is present in December. .
I believe there is always a Ridge/High in the Atlantic, problem is this year its allowed to shift West and affect Eastern U.S because the trough is out West. If there was a trough over the Aleutian islands a ridge in the West a trough would dig in the East and therefore the Bermuda high would be squashed or pushed east. I make it sound so simple. Lolol.
And just like the Top down approach, We have to look West to East. Need something to fundamentally change in the Pacific to ruin this pattern. Been saying that for too long now. Nothing has changed.
Suddenly I miss a zonal flow but usually in winter the pattern is amplified so you get these Jet stream waves. Unfortunately the East is getting what the West had for years.
I fear this setup in the summer for this very reason of record warmth... speaking of summer... this is hard to fatham
Daffodils blooming widely across the UK already a couple of months early
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