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That blob gave us single digits for the third year in a row.
Blob gave you that this year? Or maybe a period when there was a negative AO
If that's the case the Blob gave me the one of the lamest and mildest winters on record here This winter sucked majorly.
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And the water is still above average there.
Warm PDO phase. Had ZERO impact on my winter. NONE. NADA.
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When is the cold PDO coming back, or as I asked before will that have been the shortest cold PDO in history?
Don't know, even within a long duration decadal phase the PDO can flip opposite for a few years.
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Next winter looks much more promising for the East. Did you see what Bastardi is calling for? Whoa! +3F warmth for the East next winter with La Nina. Oh, and a hot summer almost on par with 2010 for this summer 2016.
We shall see. All I want to see is nothing but deep blue anomalies in water temps off the PNW coast for once. Then I will believe a +3F anomaly for next winter.
I have to say it is quite unusual to see Bastardi for once after these past three or four years actually calling for a very mild winter for the East.
La Nina brings much more exciting weather to the Midwest. I welcome it. Wild winter swings during the winter, active springs, and usually hot baked summers.
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Chicago's winter is likely to be more turbulent than usual. The odds (56-60 percent) favor above-normal precipitation, with more snowfall than normal, and especially volatile temperatures across Great Lakes area and the northern U.S. Blame it on a La Nina event (subnormal water temperatures in the tropical Pacific Ocean) that is now occurring. Our estimate of an active winter is based on an in-house analysis of nine previous La Nina winters in Chicago, most of which were stormy.
La Nina's most pronounced effects on summer weather may occur in the first part of the season, he adds. The hot, dry summer here in 1988 and the deadly heat wave of July, 1995, both occurred in La Nina periods, but it's not yet possible to accurately predict the occurrence of such extreme effects.
An in-house review of Chicago La Nina summers in 1938, 1950, 1956, 1974, 1988 and 1995, indicates 5 of 6 seasons were warmer than average while 4 of the 6 summers were dry (3 of them 30 to 40 percent off average precipitation levels).
La Nina brings much more exciting weather to the Midwest. I welcome it. Wild winter swings during the winter, active springs, and usually hot baked summers.
Endless sun and drought all summer is so exciting.
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This winter sucked majorly. 
