Amplified pattern will eventually bring cool air, storm risks to East
The North Pacific Jet has been a real bear of a forecast over the past few weeks. Model guidance has struggled with tropical forcing and the effects of re-curving typhoons (just to name a few things), and the results haven’t been pretty – we have seen a few shots of colder air modeled in the medium term simply vanish as they approach.
As you may be aware if you’ve stepped outside in the Northeast these past few days, it finally arrived. The pattern in the North Pacific Ocean, and hemispherically, is expected to change further over the next week or two. These changes will support continued amplification of the North Pacific jet stream, and the possibility of enhanced storminess in the Central and Eastern United States.