Friday, February 06, 2015
Reverting to mean
I was just starting to write something about the pacific Pacific winter this year. After an abnormally cold November, we've had an abnormally warm and foggy Jan and Feb. Typical Nino phase, but one part isn't typical. The warmth has come in an abnormally benign way. Usually a 50 degree burst of warmth in winter will come along with a 50 MPH burst of wind. That hasn't been happening this y...
BLAMO!
Back to normal, degrees = mph. I guess Nature didn't want to be reminded that she was slacking.= = = = =
Later: Local "news" claims that today's rain is carrying an unusual amount of white dust. I'm not seeing it here, but supposedly drivers are seeing it on windshields. This satellite picture might explain it. We're getting a deep southern version of the Pacific Firehose. It's from a warmer part of the ocean than usual, and it passes over a lot more desert land than usual. (I've drawn the more typical Firehose in red.)
Back to normal, degrees = mph. I guess Nature didn't want to be reminded that she was slacking.= = = = =
Later: Local "news" claims that today's rain is carrying an unusual amount of white dust. I'm not seeing it here, but supposedly drivers are seeing it on windshields. This satellite picture might explain it. We're getting a deep southern version of the Pacific Firehose. It's from a warmer part of the ocean than usual, and it passes over a lot more desert land than usual. (I've drawn the more typical Firehose in red.)
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