The use of Shannon entropy to refer to uncertainty in the models is an odd choice anyway - it's usually used in the field of IT, such as in estimating bandwidth usage when (random) data is compressed. Saying there's more spread, more uncertainty etc would convey the info just as well.
It's a similar thing with all the stuff about wave breaking, AO, mountain torque etc. When cold was looming in November 2010 we had low Shannon entropy (all things considered), an AO poised to go negative and substantial wave breaking going on (which helped set up the stratospheric warming which then helped prolong the cold synoptics).
You could use the above techy terms, or you could just say "look at all that warm air going northwards west of Greenland, the more of that the better for us".
There's a trade-off, of course, but I'll always favour using easy to understand terms rather than techno-babble. People tend to stop listening whether you say that "a SATA-3 SSD should be plugged into a SATA-3, not a SATA-2 port", or whether you mention that "frictional torque is causing showers to form over the Thames Estuary". Of course, using such terms and understanding what they mean (when most don't) does make some people feel very clever! And that's why I'd say point 1 above nails it well.
Ah well, that was more interesting than the longer-term outlook. There's more uncertainty in the short-term, if anything, with the ECM ensembles showing that the temperature in Reading tomorrow lunchtime could be anywhere from 2C to 12C!
Originally Posted by: Retron