RE: [californiadisasters] La Niña's Effects in CA Have Been Muted Thus far, Experts say

I think the experts spoke too soon. Looks to me as if we are in a dry
period, and it looks like it will last. It was just a little late in
effecting this part of the world. Jim

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From: californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com
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Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 1:04 PM
To: CaliforniaDisasters
Subject: [californiadisasters] La Niña's Effects in CA Have Been Muted Thus
far, Experts say

The climatological phenomenon usually brings dry periods to the state. But
California has been experiencing record rainfall and snow, leading some to
question whether the La Niña forecasts were a bust.

By Hector Becerra, Los Angeles Times

January 14, 2011

New satellite data released by NASA
<http://www.latimes.com/topic/science-technology/space-programs/nasa-ORGOV00
0098.topic> on Thursday show that the Pacific Ocean is in the grips of one
of the strongest La Niña weather systems in the last 50 years, bringing
deadly flooding to Australia
<http://www.latimes.com/topic/intl/australia-PLGEO00000163.topic> .

But La Niña's effects in California and the West Coast have so far been
muted, and experts are not exactly sure why.

The climatological phenomenon, marked by cooler-than-normal sea surface
temperatures in the equatorial Pacific, usually brings heavy rainfall to
places such as Australia, Indonesia, Brazil and Colombia while bringing
unusually dry periods to California and the southern United States.

California, however, has been experiencing record rainfall and snow, leading
some to question whether the La Niña forecasts were a bust.

Forecasters say the NASA data — and the Australia flooding — show La Niña is
clearly a major force this year. And they said it's still possible that the
rest of the winter will be unusually dry in California. Since 1949, more
than 80% of La Niñas have produced dry winters in Southern California.

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View entire article here:
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-la-nina-20110114,0,4513689.story

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