Posted on 06/23/2010 1:17:55 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
NASA says new images from its Jason-2 oceanography satellite shows the tropical Pacific has switched from El Nino warm conditions to La Nina cool conditions.
"The central equatorial Pacific Ocean could stay colder than normal into summer and beyond," said oceanographer and climatologist Bill Patzert at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. "That's because sea level is already about 4 inches below normal, creating a significant deficit of the heat stored in the upper ocean. The next few months will reveal if the current cooling trend will eventually evolve into a long-lasting La Nina situation."
Patzert said a La Nina is essentially the opposite of an El Nino and is associated with less atmospheric moisture, resulting in less rain along the coasts of North and South America. La Ninas also tend to increase the number of tropical storms in the Atlantic.
"For the American Southwest, La Ninas usually bring a dry winter, not good news for a region that has experienced normal rain and snowpack only once in the past five winters," Patzert said.
More information on El Nino, La Nina and Jason-2 is available at http://sealevel.jpl.nasa.gov.
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H/T to poster at the Oil Drum....not sure what impact this has on GOM weather...hurricanes.
OMG, the oceans are receding. We are not worthy...we are not worthy!/s
As an Oregonian who hates hot weather, I say WOOT!
I thought the oceans were rising by 0.049mm per year and it has dropped by 4 inches recently?
“That’s because sea level is already about 4 inches below normal,”
Huh? Calling Al Gore and all the global warming alarmists. Does this mean the ice pack is growing around the world. Where has the 4 inches of sea level gone?
Less wind shear in the upper atmosphere over the Caribbean out across the Atlantic to Africa. Less wind shear means hurricanes can form more easily and not be destroyed by opposing upper atmosphere winds.
Such a big ocean, so many contradictory factoids.
Between La Ninya and the disappearance of sun-spots, it’s looking real bad for the “warmists”. When will the real ridicule commence??
Save the world — whitewash the Andes
The World Bank has awarded a Peruvian inventor $200,000 to paint rocks white. They hope if they make them the right colour the glacier will come back…
Does this mean we will have an early fall and lots of snow this winter cause I can’t take these 100 degree temps much longer!!!
Uh-Roh !!
That's the way it works, the higher it rises, the further it drops!
There have been some thoughts that a good hurricane would clean up some of the oil spill in the marshes...
To the hundreds of water stations along the border! The lower the ocean, the more concentrated the oil spills are and more damage is caused. Bring on global warming!
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