October 15, 2015
Fall Color time
A quick pause to make note of a special weekend, the middle of October, fall foliage time for a healthy portion of the nation. Clouds, wind, and snow flurries across portions of New England should not discourage your pursuit of the perfect picture.
Cold pattern for much of the east for the upcoming weekend.
The two “H’s” over Minnesota and over Illinois guarantee a sparkling weekend for many.
Anomalies in 3.4 Niño region grew from +1.7°C in July, top left, to +2.4°C in October, bottom left. Left chart is graphic representation of that increase. Then compare left to right, similar but simpler than the chart in chapter 1 of the book, El Niño warming 2015 left, La Niña cooling 2010 to the right.
El Niño warming 29.1°C actual, +2.4°C anomaly, La Niña cooling 24.8°C actual, -1.9°C anomaly. The difference is 4.3°C or 7.74°F almost 8°F or 85°F water compared to 77°F.
The current anomaly is +2.4°C or 4.3°F. The area of unusually warm water stretches for thousands of miles across the Pacific east of the dateline. This is what all the excitement is about. The warmest ocean water having changed its global position, changes weather patterns especially for the northern hemisphere winter season.
Learn more in my latest e-book El Niño: The WILD side of the weather cycle…
What we know, what we don’t, and WHY you should care!
E-Book update:
Look for my New cover and updated ONI & EQSOI charts which show the progress of the equatorial warming associated with this year’s El Niño.
Wild Bill