NASA: “A Still-Growing El Niño Set to Bear Down on USA” “The water story for much of the American West over most of the past decade has been dominated by punishing drought. Reservoir levels have fallen to record or near-record lows, while groundwater tables have dropped dangerously in many areas. Now we’re preparing to see the flip side of nature’s water cycle — the arrival of steady, heavy rains and snowfall.” […] Weather WeatherBrains | December 30, 2015 0 Comments
VIDEO: 1997 Strong El Nino VS. 2015 Strong El Nino “1997 El Nino to date peaked earlier than 2015 and the core of the highest SST anomalies was farther east near the South American coast.” – NOAA today The 1997 El Nino was the strongest on record. The current El Nino could become the strongest on record, but we won’t know until February or later when NOAA tallies up the […] Weather WeatherBrains | December 22, 2015 0 Comments
“Wettest Start to a Strong El Nino Season on Record in Pacific Northwest” | by LA Times “Of all the years in which there was a strong El Niño present in the tropical Pacific Ocean, this is the wettest start to any of those years that we’ve observed in the Pacific Northwest, both in Portland and Seattle.” – Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at Stanford University told the LA Times The LA Times just wrote a great […] Weather SnowBrains | December 11, 2015 0 Comments
Official NOAA El Nino Update: Current El Nino is NOT Strongest on Record, Current Strong El Nino Should Last Until Spring No, the current El Nino is not the strongest on record, yet. Media outlets reporting that are incorrect. NOAA won’t be able to tell if this is the strongest on record until February 2016 when the November, December, and January sea surface averages have been recorded and compared to other El Nino years. On average, the current El Nino wasn’t […] Weather WeatherBrains | December 10, 2015 0 Comments
El Niño is here, and it’ll be ‘one storm after another like a conveyor belt’ | by LA Times This year’s El Nino will mean “mudslides, heavy rainfall, one storm after another like a conveyor belt.” – Bill Patzert, climatologist for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada, CA This story by the LA Times will make you smile. This article leans on Bill Patzert, climatologist for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada, CA who says that this […] Weather SnowBrains | November 18, 2015 2 Comments
NOAA Official November Update: Current El Nino Is Strongest in 18 Years Yesterday, NOAA reported that the current El Nino is the strongest El Nino in 18 years just behind the 1997 El Nino event. At this point, it appears clear that the current El Nino event will not become stronger than the 1997 El Nino and will most likely en up being the 3rd strongest El Nino event on record. “The […] Weather WeatherBrains | November 13, 2015 0 Comments
El Niño Forecasted to Exceed Average Temperatures In Canada During the 2015-2016 Winter According to Accuweather, the coastal mountains of western British Columbia, including Whistler Blackcomb Ski Resort, are expected to see an increase in snowfall this winter. Mild pacific air is expected to be pushed to the region by El Niño and is predicted to result in above average temperatures for the majority of western Canada. Accuweather stated that; “farther east in […] Weather Chris Wallner | October 28, 2015 1 Comment
El Nino Won’t Show Up in California Until January Meteorologist Says This year’s strong El Nino has already been called a Godzilla El Nino by NASA. It’s hoped that it will bring drought relief in the form of rain and snow to California this winter. Great, so when will it all start? According to meteorologist Mike Pecher, of Golden West Meteorology, it’s not going to get started until January. January? That’s […] Industry News Miles Clark | October 21, 2015 4 Comments