Updated 11.07.23 @ 5:15a
Despite a weekend setback that will continue into the early portion of Week 2, updated forecast model data continues to scream that we’ll run above to well above normal as the Thanksgiving holiday nears.
The pattern drivers support the warmer than normal call over the next couple of days. Note the primarily positive EPO and negative PNA.
This should help keep the ‘mean’ ridge position across the upper Mid West and Great Lakes over the next couple of weeks.
We’ll keep close eyes on the negative trend of that EPO towards the end of the period (image 1 above) to see if it continues in the coming days. If so, there’s the potential we could pull the anticipated western trough east in perhaps a bit quicker fashion than models currently see (say the last week of November, potentially).
As it is, another big pattern driver, the Madden-Julian Oscillation will begin to rev up in the coming days. A circle through Phase 7/8 this time of year supports the warm signals shown from the PNA and EPO.
