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Western Weather Blog gives the latest El Nino update: No reason for concern

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on November 19, 2009 at 8:11 am

From Accu-Weather’s Western Weather Blog:

“With all the storms this week in the Northwest, and the lack of rainfall in the Southwest so far this Fall, there is increasing angst among some of my readers about the validity of my winter forecast for at, or above, normal rainfall and the reality of El Nino conditions. I have had a number of comments on the blogs about this along with email. There is even a story about this on AccuWeather.com today.

I actually talked about this very subject not very long ago on November 2. I guess it either was missed by some or it hasn’t calmed the fears. So once again I am going to calm those fears.

In the latest ENSO discussion released by the Climate Prediction Center on November 16 there is increasing evidence that El Nino is actually intensifying over the last several weeks. Here is the latest sea surface temperature anomalies. Notice that we now have a couple areas of 2+ degrees Celsius above normal between 175 east and 140 west, that is an increase from a month ago. … “

Meteorologist Ken Clarke has all the colorful weather maps and more by clicking here.

November 19, 2009 · Filed Under Drought, Weather & Snowpack

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