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  1. Huge thanks to @Blessed Weather + @Paul to give the green light in starting this thread I know there are many who like the way I construct my posts in the model thread but apparently there have been a few who were less keen possibly with my coverage of the global setups as opposed to solely the weather impacts within the UK. This thread gives me the perfect opportunity to continue covering the widescale developing synoptics plus should be simple for those interested in how and what the Teleconnections are delivering at any given time period. Anyone who incorporates the teleconnective suite in their usual posts is very welcome to join in here @Catacol @Tamara @Singularity @Matt H Right to get this thread running I'll lead on from my post here Starting over in the West Pacific quite a crazy scenario developing with potentially 5 typhoons I'm seeing a legit opportunity of witnessing the Fujiwhara effect Fujiwhara Effect WWW.DRISHTIIAS.COM The Fujiwhara Effect is any interaction between tropical storms formed around the same time in the same ocean region with their centres or eyes at a distance of less than 1,400 km, with intensity that... Amazing output We've had discussions throughout twitter of a developing CAG > Central American Gyre. I know of this Monsoon type feature but haven't researched so can't comment really though the chat is this is very early for a CAG appearing and it's certainly an intriguing pattern in that region which plays a crucial part in a big feature of the next 5 days roughly Can clearly watch as the moist atmosphere shifts north aids in the process of the next system into the Gulf Of Mexico For me a key component in such an anomalous pattern lies in the MJO which has behaved quite oddly Currently we have phase 8 setting up Very rare having the MJO going from phase 8-1-8 we SHOULD have a progression that goes anti-clockwise across the phase diagram yes it can occur at slower pace and alternate in amplitude within a phase but seeing what is basically a reversal of the traditional MJO trajectory is pretty baffling, having a continuation across Africa will bring further opportunities with Tropical waves firing here 'Looking over to the EPAC quite a pronounced tropical wave ongoing which sees a new system by Saturday>Sunday which develops more-so by early- mid stage next week" Phase 1 already showing its hand through weeks 1-2 of September which fits with my expectation of the coming MJO cycle emerging with this.
  2. North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) The NAO is a very important teleconnection for UK and European winter prospects. Recent Seasonal Model forecasts point to a positive NAO (+NAO), suggesting the winter outlook for our part of the World is looking to be dominated by cyclonic mild, wet and windy weather. This post centres on the Met Office paper titled Skillful long‐range prediction of European and North American winters and the four key oceanic and atmospheric teleconnections shown to drive or influence the wintertime NAO. You can find the full paper here. Using the Met Office’s own findings about teleconnection impact I will look at each of them in turn to try and gauge whether their current and forecast state (or phase) supports the recent seasonal forecasts of a positive NAO. Here’s a key passage from the paper: “The single most important factor for year to year fluctuations in the seasonal climate around the Atlantic Basin is the state of the North Atlantic Oscillation and its hemispheric equivalent, the Arctic Oscillation. Year to year variability in the NAO describes the state of the Atlantic jet stream and is directly related to near‐surface winds and hence winter temperatures (through advection) across North America, Europe, and other regions around the Atlantic Basin. We present estimates of the predictability of the surface NAO and winter climate from the Met Office seasonal forecast system Global Seasonal forecast System 5 (GloSea5) which has high ocean resolution, a comprehensive representation of the stratosphere, and interactive sea ice physics, all of which mediate predictable teleconnections to the North Atlantic.” For those wishing to learn more about the NAO there's a link to an informative Met Office overview here. There are also a number of other scientific papers relating to the NAO and they can be found in the Learning Area here. Before looking at the current status of each teleconnection in turn, for reference here’s the latest (Oct 2019) 3-month winter forecast from the Met Office Glosea5 model showing a +NAO: So which are the four teleconnections used in the Met Office study and which Glosea5 uses when producing its seasonal forecast? (Note: You can find a full list of variables used by Glosea5 here). They are: El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO), North Atlantic Ocean temperatures particularly in the sub-polar gyre, Sea-ice levels particularly the Kara Sea, Quasi-Biennial Oscillation (QBO). Focussing in on each: 1. ENSO: The ENSO state is based on the Oceanic Nino Index (ONI) which measures the departure from normal Sea Surface Temperatures (SSTs) in the ENSO 3.4 Region. El Niño is characterised by a positive ONI greater than or equal to +0.5ºC and La Nina a negative ONI less than or equal to -0.5ºC. To be classified as a full-fledged El Niño or La Niña episode, these thresholds must be exceeded for a period of at least 5 consecutive overlapping 3-month seasons. The Met Office paper states: “One source of predictability originates in the tropical Pacific. Previous studies have shown that the El Niño–Southern Oscillation [based on 3.4 Region] can drive interannual variations in the NAO and hence Atlantic and European winter climate via the stratosphere. …… this teleconnection to the tropical Pacific is active in our experiments, with forecasts initialized in El Niño/La Niña conditions in November tending to be followed by negative/positive NAO conditions in winter.” The latest 16th October ENSO update from NOAA confirms that ENSO is currently neutral, as defined above, but interestingly that over the next month will be close to the El Nino threshold and that their multi-model forecasts also keeping ENSO close to the threshold over the winter: Source: https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/lanina/enso_evolution-status-fcsts-web.pdf In their analysis NOAA say: “Many dynamical forecast models, including the NCEP CFSv2, suggest Niño-3.4 SST index values will remain near +0.5°C during the next month or so before decreasing, but remaining above zero.” And over the winter months: “…….with multi-model [forecast] averages of Niño-3.4 values remaining close to El Niño thresholds (+0.5ºC).” Source: https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/lanina/enso_evolution-status-fcsts-web.pdf My conclusion: Current and forecast ENSO conditions, whilst neutral (based on official classification), are closer to El Nino than La Nina and do not appear to be in support of the Glosea5 forecast. It could be argued they appear more favourable to supporting a negative rather than a positive NAO. 2. North Atlantic Ocean temperatures particularly in the sub-polar gyre Next a look at the second teleconnection of importance. The Met Office paper states: “……by selecting forecasts in years with a warm or cold north Atlantic subpolar gyre in November, we can examine the resulting winter signal in the atmospheric circulation. Forecasts starting from cold/warm North Atlantic states also result in winter predictions with more positive/negative NAO.” The Met Office use the North Atlantic ocean heat content (OHC) averaged over 90W-0E, 50-60N and the upper 500m of the ocean and use one of their internal models to obtain this data. I’ve not been able to obtain publicly available information that exactly matches their criteria, but instead have used the current SSTs for the area and a sub-set of the area that does have Argo OHC data averaged down to 800m. SSTs with Met Office area marked in red: Source: https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/map/clim/sst.shtml Sub-set of OHC for area (data is only available for the following area shown on this map as the Northern Branch of the Gulf Stream): And here’s the latest available data for March 2019 with my estimate of the likely trend, based on previous years fluctuations, marked in red: Source: http://www.climate4you.com/SeaTemperatures.htm#North Atlantic 59 degrees north transect to 1900 m depth My conclusion: Using the above substitutes in the absence of Met Office figures is inclusive. SSTs are neutral whilst the average of the 0-800m temps of a sub-set of the area ‘might’ be trending colder which if so would be supportive of a positive NAO. 3. Arctic Sea-Ice (Kara Sea) The third teleconnection influencing the NAO is the level of Arctic sea ice, particularly in the Kara Sea to the north of Europe. The Met Office paper states: “Interannual variability of sea ice and hence surface temperature is large here and has previously been connected to the generation of large‐scale circulation anomalies. [The research shows] the association between sea ice anomalies in this region [45-75E, 67-80N] in November and the subsequent winter circulation in forecasts and observations. As identified….. low/high sea ice concentrations in the Kara Sea in November precede negative/positive NAO anomalies, with anomalous pressure gradients over northernmost Europe and the East Atlantic.” Here are the current SST conditions in the area on the 12th October. The Kara Sea is circled in red and SSTs are 2C to 3C above the long-term average for the time of year: Source: http://ocean.dmi.dk/satellite/index.uk.php A look at current sea ice cover in the Arctic also shows that extent is well short of the 1981-2010 long-term average: Source: https://nsidc.org/data/search/#keywords=sea+ice/sortKeys=score,,desc/facetFilters=%7B%7D/pageNumber=1/itemsPerPage=25 My conclusion: If these conditions were to persist into November, this teleconnection would be supportive of a negative NAO. Clearly an update on the status of this teleconnection is required as we move into November. 4. Quasi-biennial Oscillation (QBO) Our final teleconnection influencing the NAO arises from the phase of the quasi‐biennial oscillation (QBO) in the tropical lower stratosphere. Basic info on the QBO can be found here. The Met Office paper states: “Interannual variability between westerly and easterly phases of the QBO [at 30hPa] has long been known to influence the troposphere in the Atlantic sector….. with westerly QBO being associated with a stronger extratropical jet, particularly in early winter.” At the moment the easterly QBO zonal winds are slowly descending but for the last several weeks have stalled somewhat at 20hPa. This is illustrated on the latest chart from the NASA website with the small circle in red. For interest I have circled the unique eQBO of 2016 that failed to descend and reverted to wQBO. Source: https://acd-ext.gsfc.nasa.gov/Data_services/met/qbo/qbo.html#intro Extrapolating the latest NOAA 30mb QBO data from Jan to Sept 2019 suggests the QBO at 30mb won’t turn easterly until Feb 2020. Monthly data: 9.02 9.25 11.82 13.36 14.59 14.36 10.96 9.97 8.25 However, in a June 2018 paper titled: Surface impacts of the Quasi Biennial Oscillation (full paper here) it was found that “…..in early winter (December), responses to the QBO show maximum sensitivity at ∼20 hPa, but are relatively insensitive to the QBO winds below this until late winter. The impact is that Atlantic/European response is shifted eastward compared with the normal +NAO pattern.” My conclusion: The influence of the present westerly QBO will be waning as the easterly zonal winds descend. But possibly more important, if the research mentioned above is taken literally, then the early winter surface response to the QBO shows maximum sensitivity to what’s happening in the stratosphere at around 20hPa, which is already easterly. It could therefore be argued that this teleconnection is supportive of a negative NAO. Summary Whilst the publicly available data used in my analysis is clearly going to be somewhat unsophisticated when compared with the comprehensive input data that Glosea5 would use, I nevertheless find it interesting that the current and forecast state of key teleconnections may not be completely in agreement with forecasts of a positive NAO as we go into winter. I’ll revisit the status of the four teleconnections again in November to check for any developments. Comments welcomed.
  3. LEARNING ABOUT TELECONNECTION SCIENCE AND BACKGROUND SIGNALS Welcome to a brand new specialist thread. The vast subject of teleconnections is a fascinating one. Some of the science is quite complex and is not really well understood by many of us. It is very easy to dismiss the purpose and usefulness of the many teleconnections and to misunderstand the role that they play in advancing meteorological developments, long range weather forecasting and with climate change and global warming. Just to list some of the teleconnections we have: the ENSO state (El Nino and La Nina); Angular Momentum and the GWO; the MJO; the QBO; the Jet Stream; Stratospheric Weather – Temperatures, the PV and its relationship with the Tropospheric PV; Ocean Currents; Sea Surface Temperatures; Arctic and Antarctic Temperature profiles; Sea Ice and Snow Cover extent. The main (but not exclusive) focus of this thread will be on most of these but particularly the first few listed. It’s all these “background” signals that to a lesser or greater extent drive the model output. Some are more dominant and are the “drivers”, some may at times play an assisting role and at other times an interfering role. It is a continuous learning curve in observing and understanding how all these processes interact and what impacts they are likely to have on the broader weather patterns. Sometimes it’s a case of a cause and effect relationship which can challenge existing understanding. There are many other teleconnections such as Solar Weather – solar bursts, solar flares and sun spot activity and cycles; Space Weather – gravitational pulls, electro-magnetism and impacts on the earth’s magnetic fields; Volcanism – major volcanic eruptions and earthquakes; Global Warming, Climate Change and Human influences like CO2 emissions and various forms of pollution, deforestation, acid rain; Livestock influences – producing ammonia, methane and many other gases; Thawing permafrost and tundra - releasing huge methane deposits that have probably been frozen solid for at least several thousand years; various other oscillations and cycles and I’m sure that I’ve missed some others. Most of the teleconnections interlink with each other to some extent but some of the relationships are only just beginning to be understood. The main purpose of this thread is to encourage a whole spectrum of readers and posters to contribute. This will be anyone from professionals (working or retired), the various specialists in these fields, keen amateurs like myself who might have a basic but limited understanding of some of the processes but wants to expand their knowledge and especially everyone else who wants to learn more about the subject. Even if you are a complete beginner you will be very welcome on this thread and made to feel at home. It is intended that we’ll have a good mixture of posts pitched at various levels of knowledge and understanding. There will be a “learning area” with some of the basics described (including a list of the commonly used terminology and abbreviations with short definitions) as well as a “technical area” covering much more advanced parts of the science. Some of the specialists have a very good understanding of parts of this subject but they may well be learners themselves in many other areas. You should feel free to ask questions especially if there is something that you do not understand and want it explained. Anyone can come forward and provide answers to these and a number of the regulars, who’ll be on here from time to time, will try to ensure that nobody is ignored. There may be a short and simple answer or a longer post may be required which would take rather more time to deal with. If no one can provide an answer, we’ll do our best to point you in the right direction and refer you elsewhere (such as one of the other specialist threads). We want to promote and encourage open discussion and debate. There is no problem if anyone disagrees with a particular view but please ensure that you explain why you do (with evidence if appropriate) and in a very friendly and respectful way. Nobody should feel at all uncomfortable and we’re hoping that some of the “silent readers” on the winter model thread (and other threads) will feel much more confident about posting and contributing to this thread. We can all learn more right here. I intend to create a library where a list of all the papers and links that poster’s refer to and provide will be indexed for easy reference. In time, with the help of some others, I would like to produce an “abstract” with a very brief summary of what some of the most relevant and popular papers cover. A few of you may know that @chionomaniac created a specialist teleconnections thread back in 2012. This was archived about 18 months later. There are some fascinating posts in that thread and most of them are still highly relevant today. There are sub links to various papers there and, in time, some of these will be brought across into this thread. I’m hoping that Chiono will be a regular contributor on here. In the meantime here is the link to that NetWeather archived thread for permanent reference: https://www.netweather.tv/forum/topic/73911-technical-teleconnective-papers/ or you can just click on the chart below: The pace on this thread is likely to be much slower than the model thread, perhaps more like that on some other specialist threads like the stratosphere thread. We do not intend to compete with any other thread and, in fact, we would hope to compliment those threads. Some posts may well be suitable for going on more than one thread and “cross-posting” will be encouraged. For example, I will continue to post on the model thread from time to time but I may copy particular posts on to this thread (and vica-versa), perhaps so that some points can be discussed and debated in this quieter environment. When I say “we”, although this was my initial idea, I have spoken to some of the teleconnection specialists and they all wish to support and embrace this new project. So let us get this up and running for everyone’s benefit. So this is definitely not about me and I will simply be one of the quite regular contributors, keen to learn myself and wishing to be involved in some of the discussions. I will be following up this introductory post with another post looking at the history and developments in meteorology and where teleconnections fit into this. Some of the regulars will also be producing posts shortly after this thread goes live. This includes @Catacol and @Snowy Hibbo amongst many others. As this thread evolves, I hope that we shall see more and more contributions, so please check in repeatedly to see where we have got to. Feel free to spread the word and relax, learn and enjoy. Bring Back 1962-63 (David)
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