La Nina condtions likely this year

Model forecasts showing a possible moderate to strong La Nina possibly developing by summer/fall 2016. This usually leads to a more active Atlantic Hurricane season due to warmer than average SST's in the Western Atlantic. Key word here is usually. Here's a pretty informative article on the models and the weather patterns. I really like the blog posts from weather underground. They are really informative and the comment sections are usually filled with on topic discussions and data. I've learned a lot from these posts. Thought some of you other fellow weather nerds would enjoy.

https://www.wunderground.com/blog/SteveGregory/more-seasonal-wx-as-el-nino-heads-for-huge-reversal--jason-update

Speaking of weather and swell, this week of NNE winds and ENE swell should be interesting.... maybe the bay will starting breaking when the groundswell fills in more. We will see how this low pans out.

 

Cuz I think "The Cletus" or "The JaMarcus" weather patterns wouldn't be taken seriously... lol. Pretty sure the Spanish names were chosen due to the fact that they seriously affect the South American continents' weather and economic patterns.

*Edit*


Why is it called El Niño?


Fishermen off the west coast of South America were the first to notice appearances of unusually warm water that occurred at year's end. The phenomenon became known as El Niño because of its tendency to occur around Christmas time. El Niño is Spanish for "the boy child" and is named after the baby Jesus.

from: https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/Conservation/Marine/El-Nino#26072337-why-is-it-called-el-nio

 

What a time to be alive.

 

I was just thinking about that. just wish the direction was little a better. you have a boat tractor? if so, I'm down for an adventure...

 

Or just get one of these bad boys