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Originally Posted by LKJ1988
It will be a fail for my area for sure. The last so called super El nino was a total bust for my area compared to the 97-98 years when we had over 30" of rain from Dec till March. That was a real El Nino and i would love that every winter.
We are in a phase that amplifies La Niñas and makes them more frequent. Concomitantly El Niños are rarer and more attenuated in their effects.
A good example of another strong, borderline super El Niño whose effects were attenuated was 1972-3. There were frequent cold waves in the Upper Midwest, and almost no snow in the U.S. Northeast for example. Both are not characteristic of a super El Niño. But there was unusual cold in the Southeast and a fair amount of far-Western rain, as well as virtually no hurricane seasons in 1972 or 1973, very characteristic of super El Niños. Hurricane Agnes, in June 1972 was more of a hybrid storm than a true tropical storm.
We are in a phase that amplifies La Niñas and makes them more frequent. Concomitantly El Niños are rarer and more attenuated in their effects.
A good example of another strong, borderline super El Niño whose effects were attenuated was 1972-3. There were frequent cold waves in the Upper Midwest, and almost no snow in the U.S. Northeast for example. Both are not characteristic of a super El Niño. But there was unusual cold in the Southeast and a fair amount of far-Western rain, as well as virtually no hurricane seasons in 1972 or 1973, very characteristic of super El Niños. Hurricane Agnes, in June 1972 was more of a hybrid storm than a true tropical storm.
1972 was before i was keeping weather records. I remember the El Nino of 83 was active in my part of FL.
I was fishing offshore back in them days and a front was coming thru every weekend into May. Feb and March we could just about never fish 80 to 100 miles offshore as it was so windy with active fronts. Other than 83 and 1997-98 i don't remember any other El Nino's doing much for my part of FL.
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1972 was before i was keeping weather records. I remember the El Nino of 83 was active in my part of FL.
I was fishing offshore back in them days and a front was coming thru every weekend into May. Feb and March we could just about never fish 80 to 100 miles offshore as it was so windy with active fronts. Other than 83 and 1997-98 i don't remember any other El Nino's doing much for my part of FL.
1982-3 and 1997-8 were very similar. The main differences were: 1) El Chichon created enough cooling to make the Megalpolis Blizzard possibly on February 11-12, 1983; and 2) 1997-8 occurred as we were ending "warm phase" so the plunge into La Niña was faster, similar to that in 1973.
But otherwise the two were similar.
1972-3 was very much like 2009-10, except with the I-95 cities getting snow. The summers of 1973 and 2010 were very similar with some early heat in April-June and, a major similarity, blistering heat waves spanning several days around the end of August and beginning of September. I remember in particular one day in August 1973 when it 98° or 99° when my friend and I took a dip in his pool and then cycled four miles to my house. And a jog in August 2010 when it was 97° and I saw a rabid coyote on my route.
1982-3 and 1997-8 were very similar. The main differences were: 1) El Chichon created enough cooling to make the Megalpolis Blizzard possibly on February 11-12, 1983; and 2) 1997-8 occurred as we were ending "warm phase" so the plunge into La Niña was faster, similar to that in 1973.
But otherwise the two were similar.
1972-3 was very much like 2009-10, except with the I-95 cities getting snow. The summers of 1973 and 2010 were very similar with some early heat in April-June and, a major similarity, blistering heat waves spanning several days around the end of August and beginning of September. I remember in particular one day in August 1973 when it 98° or 99° when my friend and I took a dip in his pool and then cycled four miles to my house. And a jog in August 2010 when it was 97° and I saw a rabid coyote on my route.
We never got any rain out the last so caller super El Nino, but south FL did. Everything was to our south.
Yes, based off the analog years, Modoki El Ninos are cold and usually dry
Well of course he would wouldn't he. Can't dare call for an above avg winter to please his fossil fuel clients. He is useless.
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