El Nino conditions return to affect weather

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

El Nino conditions return to affect weather

WASHINGTON (AP) - El Nino's back. Government scientists say the periodic warming of water in the tropical Pacific Ocean that can affect weather around the world has returned.

The Pacific had been in what is called a neutral state. But forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration say the sea surface temperature climbed to 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit above normal along a narrow band in the eastern equatorial Pacific in June.

In addition, NOAA's Climate Prediction Center said temperatures in other tropical regions are also above normal.

In general, El Nino conditions are associated with increased rainfall across the east-central and eastern Pacific and with drier than normal conditions over northern Australia, Indonesia and the Philippines.

A summer El Nino can lead to wetter than normal conditions in the intermountain regions of the United States. In an El Nino year there tend to be more Eastern Pacific hurricanes and fewer Atlantic hurricanes.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9...;show_article=1

[HAL 9000 96]

Damn kid!

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Damn kid!

Good news for California. We would have a hard time facing another drought year. Along the river hear, memories are short, and new fish move into the flood plain. So, I guess next winter, we can expect some more dramatic water rescues. People can't figure out how something the runs a few feet in the summer, can rise to almost 50 feet with 4 hours of greater than half inch per hour rainfall.

[Ban Hammer 14,791]

Damn kid!

yeah, he's ruining al gore's proclamation of more hurricanes!

[HAL 9000 96]

Damn kid!

yeah, he's ruining al gore's proclamation of more hurricanes!

Or he's bringing more rain to the area between the major mountain ranges in the US. As for Al Gore... that's someone else's obsession.

(And yes... cyclonic activity comes with warmer tropical waters.)

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

fewer Atlantic hurricanes.

It's been quiet thus far this hurricane season. We've got a good bit of rain over the last month or so - which we desperately needed - but the tropics have been calm - just one tropical depression thus far that didn't develop. Hope it stays that way.

[almaty 19]

damn, i see more snadbagging ahead on the leevees of the mississippi..missouri and illinois rivers near alton...f##k the last time i helped out i got teabagged by an old man with his nits hanging out his shorts...i had to take prolixin shots for 6 months

[NickD 203]

I loved El Nino in Wisconsin, rather than sub-zero we were near or above the freezing point, was a year long like summer for us. After these last record setting winters we had, El Nino is very welcomed.