Say, WHAT? After one of the strongest El Niños on record, another one may be brewing

[longknife]

Here we go again. An other prediction that will be challenged by the Manmade Global Warming crowd.

The equatorial Pacific Ocean is suffering from a split personality disorder: El Niño-ish in the east; La Niña-ish to the west. El Niño is likely to win out.

Climate forecast models are predicting a full-fledged El Niño by summer or fall. If it should happen, it would bring all manner of disruption to global weather patterns.

And it would also be an extraordinary event.

I love this “climate model” stuff. Heck, they can;’t even predict correctly three days in advance. And then, it’s a guess.

Full story @ Say, WHAT? After one of the strongest El Niños on record, another one may be brewing - ImaGeo

 

[JustAnotherNut]

http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/ninonina.html

El Niño
El Niño means The Little Boy, or Christ Child in Spanish. El Niño was originally recognized by fishermen off the coast of South America in the 1600s, with the appearance of unusually warm water in the Pacific Ocean. The name was chosen based on the time of year (around December) during which these warm waters events tended to occur.

The term El Niño refers to the large-scale ocean-atmosphere climate interaction linked to a periodic warming in sea surface temperatures across the central and east-central Equatorial Pacific.

Typical El Niño effects are likely to develop over North America during the upcoming winter season. Those include warmer-than-average temperatures over western and central Canada, and over the western and northern United States. Wetter-than-average conditions are likely over portions of the U.S. Gulf Coast and Florida, while drier-than-average conditions can be expected in the Ohio Valley and the Pacific Northwest. The presence of El Niño can significantly influence weather patterns, ocean conditions, and marine fisheries across large portions of the globe for an extended period of time.

All I can say is.....somebody somewhere is wrong on their facts and I sure hope we don't have another one(El Nino). I'm in the PNW and it has been one of the coldest & wettest winters EVERRR! This is mid to late April and we have YET to crack 70 degrees. I want spring, dammit

 

[longknife]

We don't need to know WHAT it is. Just that it may be coming again.

 

[JustAnotherNut]

We don't need to know WHAT it is. Just that it may be coming again.

but I still don't want it if it means a continuation of what we've had this year cause this is crazy stuff.