Joe Bastardi's Saturday Summary May 16, 2015

WeatherBELL Analytics LLC ^ | May 16, 2015 | Joe Bastardi

[Excellence]

Short term forecast.

Long explanation of current and future drought. The effect of oncoming El Nino on rain in California.

[Excellence]

Joe Bastardi ping!

[PA Engineer]

Thanks for the ping. BTTT.

Worthwhile commentary on how the weather alchemists and the occupation media jump from one severe weather event to another. They quickly ignore how weather patterns change in areas beneficially to other areas to keep the doom machine alive.

[laplata]

Thank you, Excellence.

[LucyT]

Speaking of El Niño, found this interesting article:

Extreme El Niño expected to wreak havoc on weather this year
17:30 12 May 2015 by Michael Slezak

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn27509-extreme-el-nino-expected-to-wreak-havoc-on-weather-this-year.html#.VVeuOmdFA5s

[Rushmore Rocks]

Thanks, Lucy. Weather has always fascinated me. Were I starting college again, I probably would have changed my major from English education to meteorology. I have six weather related bookmarks on my ‘puter and check them several times a day.

[ErnBatavia]

Fingers crossed this El Nino actually materializes.....Kalifornia could use a good swampy season to quell the drought police.

[LucyT]

Thanks, Ern.

I still click on your neat FR page every time I see your posts. Those roadrunners are fascinating. Do they live there the year-round, or migrate and return in Spring?

[ErnBatavia]

The beep-beeps and Gambel's quail are year round guests....roadrunners aren't at all shy; in fact they're curious and will cruise to within three or four feet of you - hoping you have a lizard or ball of raw hamburger to give them.

Currently, we're seeing lots of new little quail families...anywhere from one chick to an almost Duggar-sized brood of close to 12. We're loving watching them, and make sure to keep the back yard supplied with birdseed!

We love just about all our wildlife here, 'cept for the rattlers and scorpions...

[bgill]

We’ve seen some very strange weather in Texas already this year. It was a mild winter but spring has brought rain and cool temps for the past month. While the rain has been hit and miss (mostly miss here), I’ve had to delay and delay the garden due to forecasts of severe rain/hail/tornadoes. This has not been a Texas spring. We should be pushing upper 90s or more but it’s been in the 80s. Not complaining about the cooler temps but there’s that other shoe waiting to fall come July and August.

[Excellence]

If one looks at the climate record, the percentage of time that the earth is warm enough to sustain life is comparatively low. In the end, the ice wins. It’s all much ado about nothing we can do anything about.
Thanks for the bttt.

[Excellence]

You are welcome my FRiend.

[Excellence]

Last year we were supposed to have a “Super! El! Niño!” So I’m going to take a wait and see attitude. It would be good for California, though.

[Excellence]

I envy you your quail. We have Ravens, and they are an unkindness.