Yeah, doubling down, less lightning, more streaming atmospheric jet, "global brainwashing" etc lol. I think this can be measured in Florida.. they used to get so many storms every day! There was so much lightning all the time. Lately it's maybe 25% of the early 2000s. I watch the radar there, it's nowhere near as active in the Summer
What was the 2013 change. Just doubling down on the change that came before that? The really odd thing for the NW is once we get toward October most years snap back to what it's always been like more or less.
I think almost all of it is the bloated 4CH. Once summer is over that ceases to be a factor.
One or possibly two tropical storms progged over the Atlantic over the next 10 days. Still way short of what was predicted this season. The clock is ticking now.
Any theories? I'm talking about a pretty substantial difference in the upper atmosphere post-2000 vs before. Then another big difference after about 2013.
Way cloudier than originally expected tonight. Bummer for cold night fans. The next several nights looks to have some good potential for 30s in the cold spots though.