Re: El Nino

Jim Whitehead (ejw@ics.uci.edu)
Thu, 19 Jun 1997 13:12:11 -0700


>This just in, this winter the storms created by this effect are predicted
>to be worse than the 83-84 storms. For those of you that don't remember,
>those took out just about every pier up and down the coast.
>

A meteorologist friend of mine confirms this. But don't believe him (and
certainly don't believe Tim), check out the sources direct:

El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Diagnostic Advisory, 97/4, issued June
10, 1997:
http://nic.fb4.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso_advisory/index.html

States that observed temperature patterns this year are consistent with the
El Nino effect.

El Nino theme page:
http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/toga-tao/el-nino-story.html

Chok-a-block with color graphs and animations, and links to buoy data.
Describes what is considered to be an El Nino.

Enjoy.

- Jim