El Nino. It's spanish for The Nino

To quote my son Jack, "we're gonna need a miracle to have a white Christmas, Mommy."

Yep.  And Josh Fox agrees.  His first post of the season is truly one for the ages, and it's taken me two weeks to read it.  The first sentence is so classic that it almost seems to be on purpose:

"Mild weather has assumed control of the weather in New England."

WAIT!  The weather has assumed control of the weather???  Wow.  That El Nino sure is cray.

Season Starter Single Chair Blog

Are you back?  Did you need to get a snack in the middle? No? Don't worry, this won't take long - here's the summary.

ENSO PDO

high latitude blocking yo

it's too hot no snow

And let me save you some time on the latest updates:  It's still too hot.  Glimmers of hope fade into 67 degree days full of a billion moths.  Nothing says Christmas like a bunch of moths.