October 2010 Weather pridictions from the CPC.

[BJ64]

I ran across this at the Oklahoma Mesonet site (http://www.mesonet.org/).

While the site is usually about Oklahoma conditions, once in a while it will have something for the rest of the United States.

All of this can be found at http://ticker.mesonet.org/

"Centers around the world that run El Niño/La Niña prediction models are
in overwhelming consensus in predicting a strengthening and long-lasting
La Niña. In fact, chances are good that the current La Niña will develop
into one of the stronger events in the last 60 years."

"Not all La Niña impacts are necessarily negative. Cooler weather in the
northern parts of the country can boost Oklahoma’s natural gas industry, and
therefore its economy, by increasing demand and keeping prices higher. The
state reaped that benefit last winter during a particularly cold and stormy
winter in the eastern half of the country. Oklahoma residents, on the other
hand, could see cheaper heating bills."

 

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These maps are from NOAA. http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/ The Pac NW is watching them closely. They say that this is the strongest LaNina event in the last 55 years and we are going to be receiving the brunt of it. Anyone in Hawaii want to house swap? You'll need to bring your own snow shovel.
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/104315849.html

https://www.hearth.com/econtent/index.php/forums/viewthread/58823/

 

[BJ64]

Hmm...Looks like loads of fun for you and Rick (fossil).

I thought it was in poor taste when the report cited higher gas prices as a plus for the state at the cost of others. It is even more silly when one comes to terms that the extra revenue from higher gas cost goes to the big companies and very, very little.goes to the land owners or anybody else. On th4 other hand, this weather event is going to make it hard to get much of a wheat crop in this fall. That is bad for the wheat farmer and bad for the cattlemen because there will be a shortage of winter wheat pasture.

 

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Yeah, I was glad to leave snow and road salt behind when we moved out here. If I want snow, it is close by in the mountains. Looks prettier there than in my backyard! Though I only had to go a few blocks to catch this shot tonight.