NASA climatologist Bill Patzert does n’t mince Logos . He already described this wintertime ’s El Niño as “ too big to betray ” and now he ’s give us a very good verbal description of what to expect from it : “ Mudslides , gruelling rainfall , one storm after another like a conveyor belt . ”
The Monster Godzilla Bruce Lee Chris Farley El Niño will kick into high gear lead off in January 2016 , with effects sense until March . Here ’s thebig crucial monition from Patzertthat you should heed :
“ January and February are just around the corner . If you think you should make preparations , get off the sofa and do it now . These storms are close at hand . El Niño is here . And it is vast . ”
GET OFF THE sofa AND GO TO HOME DEPOT .
So what precisely do conveyor belt belt storm look like?NOAA render some predictionswhen it comes to just how much rain will be arriving .
If you got really overexcited like me and thought that chart said 60 to 69 feet of rainwater , let ’s dominate in our expectations just a bit . This is only the luck of above normal precipitation . So the chance of above normal rain for LA will be 60 to 69 % . But what ’s important to note is that it ’s not just the West Coast that will see statistically higher amounts of rainfall — about half the area has a 40 % or more chance of more rain . And Florida could get wallop .
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released someother interesting informationon how one continent ’s conveyor belt will bear on the relaxation of the world beyond the US . El Niño will lend heavy rainfall to East Africa and ironical stipulation to Southern Africa , and it ’s already to find fault for thehorrific blast in Indonesia . ( The last sentence Indonesia had so many firing ? Yep , theEl Niño of 1997 . ) When it come to the way it ’s affecting ocean health , the trouble is almost global :
Also , all the extra warm waters associated with this El Niño are post heat stress on ocean biography , and an intensecoral bleaching eventis underway .
So basically ? No one is safe from El Niño .
[ LA Times , NOAA ]
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