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BumRushDaShow

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2. It depends on the intensity of the ENSO state
Fri May 22, 2026, 10:42 AM
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The 2024 - 2025 season featured a weak Nina so the shearing was definitely going on with a stronger than usual STJ that pushed storms away from the coasts along with dips in the Polar jet that continued to steer the storms away.



Anything that scooted below the STJ was able to get further west (like the one that hit Jamaica last year) before it got caught up in it.

This actually has a good description of what happened - https://www.wric.com/news/2025s-extreme-weather-had-the-jet-streams-fingerprints-all-over-it-from-flash-floods-to-hurricanes/

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If I recall correctly, WestMichRad Friday #1
It depends on the intensity of the ENSO state BumRushDaShow Friday #2
Thank you! WestMichRad 14 hrs ago #6
Most welcome! BumRushDaShow 14 hrs ago #7
Hah! WestMichRad 13 hrs ago #8
The oceans are continuing to warm DemocracyForever Friday #3
You can always check out Copernicus, which is handled by the EU's mets and climatologists BumRushDaShow Friday #4
I'm going by my engineer father who well understood the threat of climate chhange DemocracyForever 15 hrs ago #5
As a retired chemist BumRushDaShow 12 hrs ago #9
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