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OCTOBER PATTERN INDEX (OPI) MONITORING WINTER SEASON 2014-2015


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  • Location: Redhill, Surrey
  • Weather Preferences: Southerly tracking LPs, heavy snow. Also 25c and calm
  • Location: Redhill, Surrey

At first, a cold stratosphere basically meant winters over, now it'll be a positive OPI means winters over :rofl:

A cold strat and organised PV certainly puts us righ on the back foot, so what's the point?

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  • Location: Derbyshire Peak District South Pennines Middleton & Smerrill Tops 305m (1001ft) asl.
  • Location: Derbyshire Peak District South Pennines Middleton & Smerrill Tops 305m (1001ft) asl.

I respect them all, but my point was nothing is a certainty.

 

I think that's the usual cravat with-in a forecast. 

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  • Location: Batley, West Yorkshire
  • Weather Preferences: Heat and Snow
  • Location: Batley, West Yorkshire

A cold strat and organised PV certainly puts us righ on the back foot, so what's the point?

BFTP

 

My point was it still doesn't mean winters over. An SSW could occur for example.

 

p.s The comment wasn't meant to wind anyone up, it was just a joke :angry:

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  • Location: Redhill, Surrey
  • Weather Preferences: Southerly tracking LPs, heavy snow. Also 25c and calm
  • Location: Redhill, Surrey

My point was it still doesn't mean winters over. An SSW could occur for example.

Yep saw your reply which you posted as I typed. However, we are learning when such episodes are going to really struggle materialising

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  • Location: Brighton (currently)
  • Location: Brighton (currently)

It doesnt matter how many runs they ignore, the final value is based on actual results only. They use the gfs to estimate what it might be and they probably ignore runs to refine their methods. Whatever their reasons, they dont affect the final result. At this range it will make very little difference anyway. We are now guaranteed the second lowest OPI value in 38 years⛄

Well said!

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  • Location: Wakefield, West Yorkshire
  • Location: Wakefield, West Yorkshire

1990/91 gets me - positive OPI but a stonking winter (well Feb 1991 anyway).

Conversley 1997/98 - negative OPI but an above average CET? Read the same for 2002/03 and 2003/04.

On the whole though the correlation is very very interesting.

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  • Location: Penrith Cumbria
  • Weather Preferences: Cold, snowy winters and warm sunny summers
  • Location: Penrith Cumbria

1990/91 gets me - positive OPI but a stonking winter (well Feb 1991 anyway).

Conversley 1997/98 - negative OPI but an above average CET? Read the same for 2002/03 and 2003/04.

On the whole though the correlation is very very interesting.

Yes, but 1990 was only slightly positive and the other years only slightly negative.

The correlation only really kicks in with anomalies exceeding plus or minus one each way.

I would say anything between plus and minus one should be regarded as neutral and the OPI signal likely to be overwhelmed by other factors, this was certainly the case in 1997/98 with its mega El Niño. Winters 2002/03 and 203/04 were not without interest either being two of the better winters of the 2000's.

Andy

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  • Location: Wakefield, West Yorkshire
  • Location: Wakefield, West Yorkshire

Yes, but 1990 was only slightly positive and the other years only slightly negative.

The correlation only really kicks in with anomalies exceeding plus or minus one each way.

I would say anything between plus and minus one should be regarded as neutral and the OPI signal likely to be overwhelmed by other factors, this was certainly the case in 1997/98 with its mega El Niño. Winters 2002/03 and 203/04 were not without interest either being two of the better winters of the 2000's.

Andy

Great points, cheers Andy for responding.
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  • Location: Staines
  • Weather Preferences: Snow
  • Location: Staines

with only 4 days left it's looking almost certain for an overall OPI of -2.25-ish. Think we all would have taken that at the start of the month!

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  • Location: Woodham Walter Essex,between Danbury and Maldon 42 m asl
  • Location: Woodham Walter Essex,between Danbury and Maldon 42 m asl

with only 4 days left it's looking almost certain for an overall OPI of -2.25-ish. Think we all would have taken that at the start of the month!

Very true,but it has made for an excellent start to the winter season.

We've had a really active topic,excellent engagement from senior coldies,not too much bickering,and we are all primed for model watching,lamp post watching,and the highs and lows of a british winter!!

Best of luck everyone!

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  • Location: Penrith Cumbria
  • Weather Preferences: Cold, snowy winters and warm sunny summers
  • Location: Penrith Cumbria

It's been a great thread with some really good informative posts.

We should finish I reckon with an OPI of about -2.3 which would be the second lowest recorded even 1978 was only -1.8!

Now, what could possibly go wrong........lol

Andy

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  • Location: leicester
  • Location: leicester

with only 4 days left it's looking almost certain for an overall OPI of -2.25-ish. Think we all would have taken that at the start of the month!

I would take that all day long!!I can't believe its crept even further down!!!its got to the point where am starting to think what is the point in coming into this thread!!lol!!!we know for definite that its gone be really negative now!!!
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  • Location: Ashtead, nr Epsom Surrey
  • Weather Preferences: Hot Summer, Cold/Snowy Winter! Just SEASONAL!!
  • Location: Ashtead, nr Epsom Surrey

Omg what on earth are we going to read/do thru the whole of November :-o !!! Lol!!

Here's hoping it's just a mere 4wk interruption of fun before we see the results of the OPI starting to show in December :) x

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  • Location: Redhill, Surrey
  • Weather Preferences: Southerly tracking LPs, heavy snow. Also 25c and calm
  • Location: Redhill, Surrey

1990/91 gets me - positive OPI but a stonking winter (well Feb 1991 anyway).

Conversley 1997/98 - negative OPI but an above average CET? Read the same for 2002/03 and 2003/04.

On the whole though the correlation is very very interesting.

Paul

I believe the correlation kicks in at high level when exceeding -1.5 and +1.5. I think in between -1 and 1 it isn't as decisive.

BFTP

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  • Location: Sunderland
  • Weather Preferences: cold
  • Location: Sunderland

-2.45 with 120 hours of input to go

Considering that means it's had 624 hours of real data and 120 of forecasted data; so I think it's very much settled between -2.2 and -2.7; think everyone here would have took that on the 1st.

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  • Location: Redhill, Surrey
  • Weather Preferences: Southerly tracking LPs, heavy snow. Also 25c and calm
  • Location: Redhill, Surrey

-2.45 with 120 hours of input to go

Considering that means it's had 624 hours of real data and 120 of forecasted data; so I think it's very much settled between -2.2 and -2.7; think everyone here would have took that on the 1st.

I think most would have taken the magic -1.5 figure at the start, sub -2 is very interesting and particularly so as it will put the correlation under scrutiny.

BFTP

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  • Location: Exile from Argyll
  • Location: Exile from Argyll

1990/91 gets me - positive OPI but a stonking winter (well Feb 1991 anyway).

Conversley 1997/98 - negative OPI but an above average CET? Read the same for 2002/03 and 2003/04.

On the whole though the correlation is very very interesting.

 

I posted this in response to a similar comment in the forecast thread.

 

 

rjbw, on 23 Oct 2014 - 22:24, said:snapback.png

I was thinking along the same lines as Roger until I started reading the OPI thread - now I don't know what to think. However, on reflection, I'm wondering if this finally will be the year to revisit 1991 and a proper severe cold pool from the east. My thinking is that the Scandi High, quite unexpectedly, emerged as the main player of the summer, and IIRC nearly so nearly tipped the scales on the Atlantic during January 2014 - i wonder if this is now a long term trend and if there is the absence of such a strong Canadian/Greenland vortex, perhaps any Scandi/Russian High will be able to assert itself westwards.

 

This is a good example of how an uninspiring OPI figure is not the death knell on winter hopes - MMW rides to the rescue in Late January.

 

http://curriculum.pm.../1991_01_28.gif

 

Animation courtesy of Patrick Martineau.

 

Meteociel 15 day archive for corresponding period.

 

http://www.meteociel...91&map=7&mode=2

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  • Location: Hindolveston North Norfolk 68m asl
  • Weather Preferences: Sunny Warm summers Cold Frosty winters
  • Location: Hindolveston North Norfolk 68m asl

I like everyone else is following this very exciting thread with some very informative posts so thanks to everyone who has made this the thread it is.

 

It is now looking very likely the opi is going to end up somewhere sub -2 really great great news as this does seem to have a good correlation with regard to us having a cold winter especially so when it is sub 1.5, having said all this I think some of us maybe need to take a deep breath and step back a bit, as we know there are a lot of other drivers in the mix, the opi alone I feel cannot guarantee a snowfest winter for us in the UK I wish it was that simple and straightforward, I am not saying anyone has quite that far but with that in mind I do think some folk on here do get a little carried away, I am as much a coldie as the next person but I think we need to see what happens with all the other background teleconnections such as the strat,wave breaking solar flux,and so forth to see the full picture.

 

Having said all this to my very untrained eye it is looking promising thus far, certainly a far cry from this point last year so fingers crossed all the pieces of the jigsaw fall into place for us this year to have a really memorable cold winter, whatever transpires its looking like very exciting model watching times ahead I think for everyone!!!. 

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  • Location: South Gloucestershire BS35
  • Weather Preferences: Severe weather enthusiast
  • Location: South Gloucestershire BS35

Omg what on earth are we going to read/do thru the whole of November :-o !!! Lol!!

Here's hoping it's just a mere 4wk interruption of fun before we see the results of the OPI starting to show in December :) x

 

Stratosphere Temperature Watch thread is another great one to keep an eye on :D

 

https://forum.netweather.tv/topic/81567-stratosphere-temperature-watch-20142015/

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