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Posted on 09/22/2014 7:54:59 PM PDT by BenLurkin
PASADENA (CBSLA.com) — The anticipated blockbuster return of El Niño is looking more like it will be a flop, a climatologist said Monday.
Scientists from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory say that unless developing weak-to-modest El Niño conditions strengthen, California will continue to stay bone dry.
El Niño describes a weather pattern involving a warming of equatorial waters in the eastern Pacific Ocean, a condition that is associated with increased rainfall on the west coast of North America. El Niño conditions in 1997 and 1998 doubled rainfall up and down California, Patzert said.
“Those very strong El Niños happen every 30 or 40 years. Most are more modest and are not good forecasters of heavy rainfall,” he said.
Patzert said that if the ’97 event was a Godzilla El Niño , the weather pattern shaping up now in the eastern Pacific is more like “El Gecko.”
“It is not going to be a drought-buster,” he said.
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Blech. Not good news. Hope we get SOME rain, even a little bit would help!!
The water coming out of the tap is very mossy tasting and heavily chlorinated now - I assume it’s from the bottom of the reservoir.
When I run it through my Water Wise, there is a much larger amount of gunk in the bottom of the device after the water is filtered.
YUKKK.
Average to a little above rain and snow fall imho for the west this winter
We need a big snow pack in the sierras not just rain
Damn it ES this suck dude personally I want see biggest El Nino everrrrr
I do remember the 1981 to 82 el nino that was bad*** you are so right
I remember Reagan inviated the Queen and pouring rain all way to Santa Barbara Ranch the Queen told Ronnie oh don’t worry Mr President it is typical day in England LOL!
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