[Space Toker]

I saw the title and had to answer, forgive me in advance I think I may need it!
Remember the Chris Farley skit, El nino Spanish for the Nino?! Numerous things on SNL and late night shows seemed way more funny then rather than now, but this was a rare few that still seems as funny now as then. I could have imagined a La Nina skit if he lived longer, RIP big man! But yeah this could be a record el nino and so a record la nina is not out of the question but either way (despite me fretting often in an opposite direction) the world is not going to end. We will endure it and go on... but, the larger global warming thing could cause more disruption.

[aridbud]

Yep, supposedly in certain sections of the country/world (recall several El Niño's in my lifetime, esp. 1997-1998 and this purportedly similar for 2016), a wetter colder year (winter), great for skiing and run off for rafting in Spring/summer. Vividly recall torrential rains and arroyo flooding in 1972-1973 and in 1982- 1983, best ski season ever!

Like it predicts, can hamper crops, bring with it, more catastrophic events- drought, crop failures, water contamination.

Can't say we weren't warned. Always good to have supply of foods, 20 gallons of water, a radio, light, toilet paper!!! And coffee!!

[Robrites]

This is about California
And grapes
But much of it applies


It's not for everyone, the organic viticulturist admits. But it works for his family's Paso Robles vineyard, where dormant vines have laid bare acre after acre of precious topsoil on steep hillsides.

If all goes well, gentle rains will coax out a lush cover crop to protect from a deluge, and the odd menagerie will slowly nibble it to a nub by spring, when the vines revive.

"We've already gotten three small storms that have come through and dumped about half an inch of rain each," said Haas, partner and general manager of Tablas Creek Vineyards in Paso Robles. "The cover crop is sprouted. That's going to do a big piece to hold the soil in place."

Read the Rest
https://www.latimes.com/business/la-f...html#nt=outfit

[Robrites]

https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/atmosp...151206_20Z.png

[theJointedOne]

Yea, rain rain rain.

Get to storing it asap!

There should be an aquifer recharge system in place like Australia has outside Sydney.....

Dept. of fish and game wouldn't have say over gardens using well water anymore.....

[stoned-trout]

bring all the rain....yeehaw...in so cal we need it bad...I got a greenhouse anyhow...

[JamieShoes]

...I was expecting to see a really big MNS plant... doh!

[trichrider]

Originally Posted by mojave green

A gloom group.

only gloom and doom there resides in the ignorance of the observer.

science teaches us to be informed and observe. it's when we can't separate observation from information we run into trouble.

i don't go to that site to satisfy some darker side, i go there to inform myself of the obstacles information provides (and ways around it).

if you watch television meteorologists, they are only right about 30% of the time. by utilizing the different recording/reporting modalities offered at that site, i can generally predict/forecast what weather i will experience with better accuracy than that, and not have to suffer consequences.

you would have to have frequented that site often and ignored the tools that inform, instead of focusing on 'cindy dies in the end', sunshine.

https://earth.nullschool.net/

[the gnome]

Originally Posted by trichrider

if you watch television meteorologists, they are only right about 30% of the time. by utilizing the different recording/reporting modalities offered at that site, i can generally predict/forecast what weather i will experience with better accuracy than that, and not have to suffer consequences.

well if you can predict weather better than trained meteorologists ""with better accuracy""
why then are the weather pro's not utilizing such an asset publicaly available?