Weak El Nino won’t be a drought buster
By Sharon Bernstein, Reuters
SACRAMENTO — The Pacific Ocean phenomenon called El Nino, which can lead to storms in the U.S. Southwest and other places, will likely start soon, but may not bring hoped-for relief to drought-parched California, U.S. government meteorologists said on Thursday.
Scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said in a report the likelihood was increasing that El Nino, characterized by a warming of the ocean temperature in the eastern Pacific near the equator, would be weak this year.
A weak El Nino could still bring flooding, storms and even hurricanes to Southern California, but it is too soon to tell whether that will happen, said Eric Boldt, a meteorologist with the agency.
after reading the full article, it seems that they dont know if we will get alot of rai or not. No real news here one way or another
Relo. The person you may want to follow is Professor Lisa Sloan. She predicted the drought about a decade ago using computer simulations of shrinking Artic Sea Ice in Alaska.
Rock, I was just saying this article was not predicting if we would get a lot or a little rain this season based upon el nino. It is just too soon in the season to know one way or the other. Though the headline was hinting that we won’t get much rain which is not what the article stated.
Can’t give up the snow dances yet.
Is it one of those 300 year mega droughts? Science cannot predict climate accurately, stop kidding yourselves.
Tahoeblue. Science has predicted the end of our Sun, Gravity, The Speed of Light, Atom Bombs, Escape Velocity, Black Holes, DNA Sequences, Evolution, Vaccines, etc. I am sure Science CAN predict climate.