5/12/26 Tuesday 5:30 am
The lack of weather in the pipeline is staggering. We are mostly under ridging; however, it is weak. These are called “dirty ridges” because from time to time a small piece of energy may make it under the ridge, and draw up some moisture from the south, creating pop-up thunderstorms mostly in the afternoons, and mostly above 8,500 ft.
This is pretty typical for this time of year, although it doesn’t seem like it after going through the winter ridging, which is not typical.
I am still trying to wrap my head around this “Super Nino,” which is a marketing term, not a meteorological term. Similar to a few years ago, when the term “Bomb Cyclone” was invented. It is a combination of cyclogenesis and bombogenesis. Bomb Cyclone sells a lot more Generac Generators than cyclogenesis!
If you’re curious, here is a graph of past El Niño intensities.
I am keeping an eye out for meaningful weather. At the moment, it looks like our next shot of some organized weather will be next Monday. Just a couple of models are showing it so far, so I am not going to get too excited about it.