There is no La Niña (despite La Niña conditions being present at the moment).

Yup, probably wont see lowland snow until at least 2038 or so. Such a shame too. The end is nigh for the forum, I was only interested in our cold weather anomalies, but it just aint all there.

Just horrific.

I heard the early cherry and plum trees are beginning to blossom in Victoria. It was hard to tell in the dark last night, but that appeared to be true along Blanchard street.

Not oriented properly to force a large scale downstream Asian trough, which is what matters in lowering AAM and reducing forward (eastward) progression of the pattern.