my God, this forum has devolved into the worst of the worst. It's always emotional and reactionary in here, but it seems that the rational and seasoned members have pulled back to make way for the kids.
I'm going to step back for the day too. It's just too much uninformed nonsense.
I am excited for a lot of you guys, because it seems like this is your first time tracking a PNW winter storm. I remember my first time.
To simplify it, the poleward transport of westerly momentum (culminating as a stronger/poleward northern jet) can “abandon” components of middle latitude waves. Which under certain wavenumbers (and other seasonal boundary conditions) can guide those waves into a state of quasi-resonance and/or amplifying constructive interference.
The timing of all elements has to be absolutely perfect for an outcome like June 2021. The probability of that happening is so low that it almost never happens.
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