Our Climatech program below, the best long range product in the industry, saw these snows coming, weeks ago.
California Drought Easing
The on going California drought has caused billions of dollars in losses the last few years to municipalities, farmers and agriculture in general. California, whose GDP is higher than most countries in the world, depends greatly on winter snow pack for their water supplies.
While many forecasters always blame the warm Pacific, or La Nina, etc. for the on going droughts out west, there is a little known teleconnection that may shed light for big time snows and a more active Pacific pattern this winter. The East Atlantic/West Russian Pattern Index is not discussed much, but the map below shows that its relationship with above normal January moisture in California for many ski resorts, is quite highly correlated.
This index also portends some potential problems for NE Brazil coffee areas and generally good weather for the west African cocoa crop.
Ski areas such as Kirkwood, Lake Tahoe could see 5-10 feet of snow over the next week. Many areas have already seen 4 feet the last 7 days–the best skiing in years. Great skiing will continue in Colorado, Utah, etc., while eastern ski resorts see a big warming trend heading into mid-late January.
What is the East Atlantic/West Russia Index Pattern?
The East Atlantic/ West Russia (EATL/WRUS) pattern is one of three prominent teleconnection patterns that affects Eurasia throughout year. This pattern has been referred to as the Eurasia-2 pattern by Barnston and Livezey (1987). The East Atlantic/ West Russia pattern consists of four main anomaly centers. The positive phase is associated with positive height anomalies located over Europe and northern China, and negative height anomalies located over the central North Atlantic and north of the Caspian Sea.
The main surface temperature anomalies associated with the positive phase of the EATL/ WRUS pattern reflect above-average temperatures over eastern Asia, and below-average temperatures over large portions of western Russia and northeastern Africa. The main precipitation departures reflect generally above-average precipitation in eastern China and below-average precipitation across central Europe.
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