I'm starting to get lots of questions again about western drought, persistent ridging, and "the blob", the anomalously warm ocean waters in the northeast Pacific Ocean.
If this is something you are interested in, please see the Weather West blog post "New insights into the Ridiculously Resilient Ridge & North American Winter Dipole" as it should answer most of your questions.
Definitely not a expert but I call this the "stick a fork in it" pattern for winter 20-21.
ReplyDeletePerhaps 2020. Deepening drought would be a fitting way to end the year.
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