Friday, February 12, 2016

coming la nina related to floods, droughts and hurricanes

Weather models indicate La Nina conditions, which tend to occur unpredictably every two to seven years, may emerge in the Northern Hemisphere fall, while El Nino - which means "the little boy" in Spanish - is expected to dissipate during the late spring or early summer, the National Weather Service's Climate Prediction Center (CPC) said in its monthly forecast.
The phenomenon can be less damaging than El Nino, but severe La Ninas are linked to floods, droughts and hurricanes.
Even though CPC is not on official watch for La Nina, the probability is trending towards one, said Michelle L'Heureux, a CPC climate scientist and El Nino/La Nina expert.

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La Nina expected in next months for the first time since 2012

IF this is anything like previous La Ninas it will be droughts in the west like in California, Arizona, and most places west of the Mississippi river, Flooding of the Mississippi River and other rivers east of the Mississippi and bad hurricanes hitting the east coast. 

This is the kind of thing La Ninas do if they are strong like this one looks to be.

 

 


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