Official NOAA El Nino Update: La Nina Possible Next Winter! NOAA just released their latest Official El Nino update today. For the first time, NOAA is saying that La Nina is possible in Fall 2016. This is HUGE news as strong La Nina’s have a reputation for unloading snow on the entire USA! “A transition to ENSO-neutral is likely during late Northern Hemisphere spring or early summer 2016, with a […] Weather WeatherBrains | February 11, 2016 1 Comment
NOAA California Forecast = From “El Nino” to “El Nada” After an epic December and January, “El Nada” has replaced El Nino in California this February. This December and January saw storms and/or atmospheric rivers hitting California nearly every other day. This February, we’ve seen nada, nothing, zilch. The current culprit is high pressure that has settled onto the West Coast and is pushing all storms to our north […] Weather WeatherBrains | February 8, 2016 0 Comments
NOAA: “El Nino Takes a Break in California” | No Storms & Warm Temps for 5-10 Days El Nino has been ravaging California since December with storms nearly every other day. Now, El Nino has decided to take a well deserved break. The coming days are going to be dry and hot with temps up to 10-15º above normal. FOR SATURDAY, WE ARE EXPECTING TEMPERATURES TO JUMP SEVERAL DEGREES HIGHER (PUSHING ABOVE 50 DEGREES IN MANY LOCATIONS) AS WEAKER […] Weather WeatherBrains | February 4, 2016 1 Comment
El Niño Helps Reduce California Drought | One Reservoir Rises 20′ in 10 Days! Skiing in California right now is going off! they’re measuring their snow in feet. Why is this? El Niño of course! Skiers are rejoicing in the fact the California’s mountains once again have snow- following multiple terrible snow years. This isn’t the only positive to come out of El Niño. The water reservoirs in California were reaching all time lows, but thanks […] Weather Keenan Grady | January 28, 2016 1 Comment
Monster El Ninos: Get Used to Them The weather this year has been all over the place and it is undeniably related to el Niño. Christmas on the East coast this year was spent BBQ-ing in tank tops and shorts. Meanwhile California is getting feet of snow- a stark contrast to last season’s drought throughout the region. Why is the weather so sporadic and seemingly unpredictable? The […] Weather Keenan Grady | January 21, 2016 0 Comments
NOAA’s January El Nino Update: “A Lot Going On” NOAA just published their January El Nino update and it has a ton of information in it. Here are the highlights: Current El Nino tied with strongest El Nino on record for sea surface temps from Oct-Dec at 2.25ºC Oceanic El Nino Index El Nino effects just getting started for North America North America will feel El Nino effects from […] Weather WeatherBrains | January 15, 2016 0 Comments
Official NOAA El Nino Update: El Nino Will Begin Its Fade Back to Normal Temps NOAA just released their official El Nino update today. They’re stating that El Nino is expected to gradually weaken through Spring 2016, returning to normal sea surface temperatures by late spring/early summer. What they don’t mention yet is the high possibility of La Nina next season… La Nina has traditionally mean huge snowfall for North America including 811″ of snow […] Weather WeatherBrains | January 14, 2016 0 Comments
NOAA: “Current El Nino Tied with Strongest El Nino on Record” NOAA is reporting today that the current El Nino is tied with the strongest El Nino on record (1997). This is based on the 3-month mean sea surface temperature anomaly for the Nino 3.4 region from Oct-Dec. It’s widely thought that the current Strong El Nino will bring storm after storm to California: This year’s El Nino will mean “mudslides, […] Weather WeatherBrains | January 4, 2016 0 Comments