Any one heard the predictions on what kind of winter to expect this year?
2011-2012 predictions??!!
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The NWS has said La Nina has come back and is expected to strengthen as winter comes on, like last year. That being said, at this time last year La Nina was much more pronounced, and even if we have a similar La Nina, about half the time Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming are dryer than normal in La Nina conditions.
Now I don't want to poo on everything, it is possible to have a repeat of last year (although, another record snow year? I doubt it...) but I would say we will probably have greater than average snowfall but greater than average temps to go with it. I believe the NWS official winter outlook will come out the middle of next month - we'll see what they say then (and wonder if they're right...).
Now I don't want to poo on everything, it is possible to have a repeat of last year (although, another record snow year? I doubt it...) but I would say we will probably have greater than average snowfall but greater than average temps to go with it. I believe the NWS official winter outlook will come out the middle of next month - we'll see what they say then (and wonder if they're right...).
I hope it just dumps fresh snow every weekend...is that so hard to ask for? just at least a foot of fresh maybe 2
I want it to dump freshies all week and have blue bird skies on the weekend.
http://blogs.nature.com/news/2011/09/after_a_wild_ride_la_nina_is_b_1.html
After a wild ride, La Niña is back for more - September 09, 2011
Last year was shaping up to be the hottest on record, and then La Niña came along. Cold surface currents in the eastern Pacific contributed to conspicuous and in some cases catastrophic weather, from record snowfall in the United States to drought in eastern Africa and massive flooding in Australia.
Now the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is reporting that La Niña is going for a double-dip.
This doesn't necessarily mean that we are in for a repeat of last year, but ocean temperatures do affect weather patterns in statistically significant ways and can thus provide some guideposts when agencies like NOAA are trying to cast forward into the chaos. As illustrated above, La Niña is an upwelling of cool waters in the eastern equatorial Pacific that occurs as warmer surface waters move west; the opposite, a concentration of warm waters in the east, is known as El Niño. The Pacific typically cycles back and forth every several years, and these temperature signals — or their absence — serve as the foundation of seasonal weather forecasting. NOAA will issue its outlook for winter weather in October, so stay tuned.
As for global temperatures, if La Niña comes through in a big way, it could depress temperatures yet again in 2011 and into 2012. This effect may have been just enough to knock last year out of the top slot, but even so, 2010 tied with 2005 for the warmest year on record.
After a wild ride, La Niña is back for more - September 09, 2011
Last year was shaping up to be the hottest on record, and then La Niña came along. Cold surface currents in the eastern Pacific contributed to conspicuous and in some cases catastrophic weather, from record snowfall in the United States to drought in eastern Africa and massive flooding in Australia.
Now the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is reporting that La Niña is going for a double-dip.
This doesn't necessarily mean that we are in for a repeat of last year, but ocean temperatures do affect weather patterns in statistically significant ways and can thus provide some guideposts when agencies like NOAA are trying to cast forward into the chaos. As illustrated above, La Niña is an upwelling of cool waters in the eastern equatorial Pacific that occurs as warmer surface waters move west; the opposite, a concentration of warm waters in the east, is known as El Niño. The Pacific typically cycles back and forth every several years, and these temperature signals — or their absence — serve as the foundation of seasonal weather forecasting. NOAA will issue its outlook for winter weather in October, so stay tuned.
As for global temperatures, if La Niña comes through in a big way, it could depress temperatures yet again in 2011 and into 2012. This effect may have been just enough to knock last year out of the top slot, but even so, 2010 tied with 2005 for the warmest year on record.
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