Posted on 02/03/2007 12:54:23 PM PST by Tarpon
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Thursday dramatically downgraded its forecast for a winter of warm El Niño rains, the latest twist in a year of weird weather across Southern California. Federal weather officials had been saying for months that the region would have a wet winter, but the Southland hasn't recorded significant rain since May. NOAA said the latest weather and ocean temperature data now show that El Niño will have "minimal effects" across California and the rest of North America, following the lead of other forecasters, who in recent weeks said El Niño was fizzling.
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The long range forecast for NE US was above normal temps for Jan - Mar but it's been well below normal in Jan so far. I wish global warming would take hold and stay because I would like to see cold weather disappear forever. The only thing stupider than the people making these global warming pronouncements are the people believing them. Just a few years ago the thing was global cooling, remember that?
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