Spring Outlook
02/22/2009 11:03
No doubt about it, this winter has just sucked. So what is in store for this spring?
Well... We are STILL in the clutches of the evil La Nina. So it will be mostly dry with near normal temps.
Here is a look from CPC for March, April, and May:
This is NOT good news. The drought is quickly returning to hard hit areas that have suffered the last few years. A dry spring will almost certainly bring a miserable summer. Without sufficient moisture in the soil, we will enter a nasty feedback system where hot and dry will feed on itself. Lack of soil moisture will cause more of the sun’s energy to go into heating the surface with less going to evaporation of water. This will also hinder the development of the typical afternoon and evening thunderstorms.
I hate it when it gets above 70. So I am NOT a happy camper thinking about this summer.
It is clear that La Nina has got to go. She has WAY overstayed her welcome. Actually she was never welcome begin with. Someone please show that b!tch out the door already!!
Well... We are STILL in the clutches of the evil La Nina. So it will be mostly dry with near normal temps.
Here is a look from CPC for March, April, and May:
This is NOT good news. The drought is quickly returning to hard hit areas that have suffered the last few years. A dry spring will almost certainly bring a miserable summer. Without sufficient moisture in the soil, we will enter a nasty feedback system where hot and dry will feed on itself. Lack of soil moisture will cause more of the sun’s energy to go into heating the surface with less going to evaporation of water. This will also hinder the development of the typical afternoon and evening thunderstorms.
I hate it when it gets above 70. So I am NOT a happy camper thinking about this summer.
It is clear that La Nina has got to go. She has WAY overstayed her welcome. Actually she was never welcome begin with. Someone please show that b!tch out the door already!!