Problem is, it’s a bit more complicated than simply subtracting the global or tropical anomaly as far as ocean-atmosphere coupling/thermodynamics are concerned. While it is true that the standard anomaly underestimates the niña state, subtracting the global or tropical anomaly overestimates it. What *CAN* be gleaned from the tropics right now is that higher frequency/intraseasonal variability is dominating over the low frequency canonical niña EOF, while it is the resonance period of the higher frequency components that are echoing constructively to force a lower frequency extratropical response in the TNH. Which, under this QBO/shear configuration, suggests a very weak niña regime at best, in the canonical sense.

I thought you guys would say I was being over the top. I guess this gives me the incentive to push a little bit harder on my wife. I don't think she 100% knows how much I hate it here, but she probably knows about 85% worth. I'm afraid of seeming selfish in light of how complicated things are overall. Us still being here is very much my fault, but she has offered a lot of resistance for various reasons, many of which are very good. I probably could have won the battle on moving to a better microclimate in this area, but even that is hollow to me now.

And we got the most out of the whole county so far

This is the map he showed yesterday in his video.

Yeah, what’s also interesting going back and reading those is that Cliff kept thinking things were going to “dry out” and the snow was going to end…But it never did! At least in my area moisture just kept streaming in almost daily during that entire event!