Patrick,
I just stumbled on your post below that was imbedded within a long thread. Sorry that I missed it earlier.
Going to my sons house for the evening and I'll try to respond more later in the weekend.
Re: My Summer Forecast/La Nina's/Climate Change
By patrick - May 24, 2020, 9:02 a.m.
So far this year, the weather story has been the insane heat in Russia.
I haven't heard any explanations, just a lot of "Wow! That's hot"
https://climatereanalyzer.org/wx/fcst/#gfs.arc-lea.t2
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2020/07/02/arctics-hottest-day-not-so-fast/