Author Topic: A year without either an El Niño or La Niña?  (Read 26538 times)

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Re: A year without either an El Ni?o or a La Ni?a?
« Reply #15 on: May 15, 2018, 01:08:32 AM »
I think the key word in that ?explanation? is hedges...
THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF COUNTRIES
Those that use metric = #1 Measurement system
And the United States = The Banana system


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Re: A year without either an El Ni?o or a La Ni?a?
« Reply #16 on: May 16, 2018, 01:19:32 AM »
Their guess may be more scientific than mine, but mine is just as probable.
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Dear Blick and WeatherCat gamblers on da' weather,

Their guess may be more scientific than mine, but mine is just as probable.

 [wink] . . . . Oh I dunno'  50% odds are simply a coin toss, but your odds are much better in a coin toss if you happen to sneak in a two-headed coin! . .  lol(1)

Cheers, Edouard  [cheers1]

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El Ni?o watch? (Re: El Ni?o or La Ni?a? )
« Reply #18 on: July 07, 2018, 12:25:16 AM »
Dear WeatherCat observers of El Ni?o and La Ni?a,

Just when you thought it was safe to turn your television back on - the El Ni?o La Ni?a soap opera is back!  The folks at the climate prediction center and friends have issued a El Ni?o watch on June 14th:

http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso_disc_jun2018/ensodisc.shtml

The punch line reads:

ENSO-neutral is favored through Northern Hemisphere summer 2018, with the chance for El Ni?o increasing to 50% during fall, and ~65% during winter 2018-19

The key text is as follows:

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The majority of models in the IRI/CPC plume predict ENSO-neutral to continue through the Northern Hemisphere summer 2018, with El Ni?o most likely thereafter [Fig. 6]. The forecaster consensus favors the onset of El Ni?o during the Northern Hemisphere fall, which would then continue through winter. These forecasts are supported by the ongoing build-up of heat within the tropical Pacific Ocean. In summary, ENSO-neutral is favored through Northern Hemisphere summer 2018, with the chance for El Ni?o increasing to 50% during fall, and ~65% during winter 2018-19 (click CPC/IRI consensus forecast for the chance of each outcome for each 3-month period).

So what does this mean for us mere morals . . . . . . . who knows?

Oh well, . . . . Edouard

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Re: A year without either an El Ni?o or a La Ni?a?
« Reply #19 on: July 07, 2018, 01:26:07 AM »
Remember the old Saturday Night Live clips where Chris Farley translated Spanish into English for us?

"I am El Ni?o! All other tropical storms must bow before El Ni?o! ?Yo soy El Ni?o! For those of you who don't habla espa?ol, 'El Ni?o' is Spanish for ... 'the Ni?o'!"
Blick


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Sticking to their El Ni?o prediction (Re: El Ni?o or a La Ni?a?)
« Reply #20 on: August 03, 2018, 12:31:54 AM »
Dear viewers of the El Ni?o or a La Ni?a soap opera,

The July update didn't make any headlines so I missed it until now.  However the forecast continues to be for a El Ni?o event for this autumn and winter.  Here is the link:

http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso_disc_jul2018/ensodisc.shtml

The summary reads as follows: "ENSO-neutral is favored through Northern Hemisphere summer 2018, with the chance for El Ni?o increasing to about 65% during fall, and to about 70% during winter 2018-19"

Wikipedia has a list of regional impacts based on overall research:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Ni%C3%B1o#Regional_impacts

According to the same Wikipedia article, the recent El Ni?o events are listed here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Ni%C3%B1o#Occurrences

The last two are the end of 2009-10 and 2014-15.  My station went up in October 2009, so I don't have the 2009-10 winter.  The 2014-15 event was the worst drought episode recorded by my station.

On the other hand, according to Wikipedia the La Ni?a events are:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Ni%C3%B1a#Occurrences

That includes most of 2010 and 2016-17 wet years.  That is consistent with the overall observation that La Ni?a events bring additional rainfall to Northern California:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Ni%C3%B1a#North_America

It seems to me that at least for Northern California, El Ni?o now brings droughts while La Ni?a events seem to intensify atmospheric rivers.  So depending on where you are in the Western United States, this could be another tough and dry winter.

Oh well, . . . . . Edouard

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Re: Sticking to their El Ni?o prediction (Re: El Ni?o or a La Ni?a?)
« Reply #21 on: August 03, 2018, 04:51:30 AM »
It seems to me that at least for Northern California, El Ni?o now brings droughts while La Ni?a events seem to intensify atmospheric rivers.  So depending on where you

Just the kind of news we do not need. I'd rather hear about the Buick.
Blick


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Continued El Ni?o watch (Re: El Ni?o or a La Ni?a?)
« Reply #22 on: August 26, 2018, 10:14:15 PM »
Dear WeatherCat climate watchers,

I've been so busy that I haven't been on the Climate Prediction Center website much.  As a result, I missed the August 9th update on El Ni?o.

http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso_advisory/ensodisc.shtml

The synopsis makes the key points:  "There is ~60% chance of El Ni?o in the Northern Hemisphere fall 2018 (September-November), increasing to ~70% during winter 2018-19. "

What caught my attention is that El Ni?o is already being blamed for the quiet Atlantic hurricane season.  There is a NOAA press release lowering number of expected storms:

http://www.noaa.gov/media-release/noaa-forecasters-lower-atlantic-hurricane-season-prediction

We are almost at the end of August so it does look like the  Atlantic hurricane season will be much quieter than last year's.  It is obvious that these changes in Pacific ocean temperatures have a global effect.  So wherever you live, try to brace as best you can for whatever El Ni?o brings to your corner of da' planet.

Oh well, . . . . . . Edouard

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Re: A year without either an El Ni?o or a La Ni?a?
« Reply #23 on: August 27, 2018, 05:50:27 PM »
Thanks for the update. Yesterday I drove through a corridor of the Utah wildfires. Amazing amount of acreage burned and lots of smoke. Many of these fires may burn until it snows. If it snows.
Blick


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With a suitable apocalyptic spin . . . . (Re: El Ni?o or a La Ni?a? )
« Reply #24 on: August 27, 2018, 11:30:58 PM »
Dear Blick and WeatherCat "will somebody stop the world so can get out!" types, .. . . .

. . . . . . Many of these fires may burn until it snows. If it snows.

 [wink] . . . . . . Well, it might snow when . . . . . hell freezes over! . . .  lol(1)

Cheers, Edouard  [cheers1]

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Continued El Ni?o watch (Re: El Ni?o or a La Ni?a?)
« Reply #25 on: October 13, 2018, 10:23:42 PM »
Dear WeatherCat climate watchers,

This week the experts on such things made their latest pronouncement on the El Ni?o - La Ni?a situation.  The El Ni?o Watch remains in effect as you can read here:

http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso_advisory/ensodisc.shtml

The key points are as follows:  "The majority of models in the IRI/CPC plume predict El Ni?o to form during the fall and continue through the winter. The official forecast favors the formation of a weak El Ni?o, consistent with the recent strengthening of westerly wind anomalies and positive temperature trends in the surface and subsurface ocean. In summary, El Ni?o is favored to form in the next couple of months and continue through the Northern Hemisphere winter 2018-19 (70-75% chance; click CPC/IRI consensus forecast for the chance of each outcome for each 3-month period)."

Unfortunately exactly what this means for us mere inhabitants of planet Earth remains very much less clear.

Such are da' conditions that prevail, . . . . .

Cheers, Edouard

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Re: A year without either an El Ni?o or a La Ni?a?
« Reply #26 on: October 13, 2018, 11:06:06 PM »
Here in the mountains of Northern Utah we have received an unprecedented 4.85 inches of precipitation since October 1. This is 4 times the monthly average and enough to reduce our area one status level in drought severity. Sure would be nice if this kept up although now nothing of the sort in the forecast.
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Continued El Ni?o watch (Re: El Ni?o or a La Ni?a?)
« Reply #27 on: November 17, 2018, 10:06:10 PM »
Dear WeatherCat climate watchers,

The latest update on El Ni?o supplied by "da' usual suspects" can be found in its usual haunt:

http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso_advisory/ensodisc.shtml

The headline says it all:  "El Ni?o is expected to form and continue through the Northern Hemisphere winter 2018-19 (~80% chance) and into spring (55-60% chance)."

Check into other breaking news on this forum for what this exactly might mean - or not mean!  :o

Cheers, Edouard  [cheers1]

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Re: A year without either an El Ni?o or a La Ni?a?
« Reply #28 on: November 17, 2018, 11:00:38 PM »
It would be most welcome if it turns out to send precipitation our way.
Blick


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El Ni?o hanging around through Spring. (Re: El Ni?o or a La Ni?a?)
« Reply #29 on: January 18, 2019, 12:05:15 AM »
Dear WeatherCat viewers of the El Ni?o and La Ni?a soap opera,

There is yet another proclamation from "da' usual suspects" regarding El Ni?o:

http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso_advisory/ensodisc.shtml

The headline says it all: "El Ni?o is expected to form and continue through the Northern Hemisphere spring 2019 (~65% chance)."

What does it mean for us mere mortals? . . . .    ;)  Besides the likelihood that our tax dollars are paying for the employment of "da' usual suspects," hard conclusions remain difficult to come by! . . . .  ??? . . .  lol(1)

Cheers, Edouard  [cheers1]