NASA suggests El Niño will lead to “stronger, wetter” atmospheric rivers to ease... drought

wattsupwiththat.com ^ | December 15, 2015 | Anthony Watts

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Cold is the fact down here by the Beach....5 am yesterday my smartphone said 35 degrees F...In Seal Beach...Brr!

75 degrees is our confort zone right here...below that we consider it to be on the chilly side!

[US_MilitaryRules]

I be right back! I gotta take a shower.

[Night Hides Not]

Just this year, Texas' hundred year drought was ended by a 100 year flood.

A few days ago, I learned that Lewisville dam is the 8th most dangerous dam in the US. Just damn...

[5thGenTexan]

From the man-initiated burn map, it seems the South Africans, Australians and Brazilians are the evil ones. Leave me alone.

[FroggyTheGremlim]

52 degrees right now here in Pittsburgh. Gracias, el nino!

But I expect strong weather, eg tornadoes, next Spring.

[j.havenfarm]

Here in Placer County, heart of the Sierras, my view is that it will be in the bucket, when it’s in the bucket, and not a minute before. It has been raining frequently, but the storms have not been especially powerful. That said, in some powerful winters such as 96-97 and 97-98, the really big storms have rolled in in January-March, so here’s hoping.

[Mariner]

"It’s gonna be a wet holiday season.. If we’re lucky."

So far, shaping up quite nicely.

NWS expecting 3ft of new snow in the northern and central Sierra between now and Christmas.

Huge rotations in the northern Pacific continue unabated. Their tails beginning to reach toward Hawaii.

Strap in.

[mcshot]

Ditto, the “banana belt” is holding tough and a green Christmas will be appreciated.

[Marine_Uncle]

I went through a aorta aneurysm repair 12/18.
Been a bit under the weather. Hardly even logged
into FR until a day back or so. So I'm in catch up
mode on responding to folk's pings etc..
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