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SunSeeker

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3. The problem with this El Nino is that it is not just a streak of hot ocean like in 1997.

Reply to suffragette (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 30, 2015, 03:43 AM

Jul 2015

It is the whole Pacific. So we don't have the storm conveyor belt created by the hot streak surrounded by cold water like in 1997. There is no cold water now. So, we don't have storms lining up to quench our drought-parched coast. It really is awful.

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10th 90-degree day expected tomorrow in Seattle. [View all] onehandle Jul 2015 OP

NOAA recently released a photo comparing the last super strong El Niño and this one suffragette Jul 2015 #1

The problem with this El Nino is that it is not just a streak of hot ocean like in 1997. SunSeeker Jul 2015 #3

Exactly. That warm blob is a nasty beast. suffragette Jul 2015 #8

Actually, we had an usually wet (for CA standards) July because of monsoonal storms from the south. SunSeeker Jul 2015 #9

Holy shit. And there's still August to go through. SunSeeker Jul 2015 #2

AND JackInGreen Jul 2015 #4

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Jul 2015 #5

It looks like Portland is having it even worse starroute Jul 2015 #6

Yeah it's hot here. My weather station says 108 but it's probably a little high. neverforget Jul 2015 #11

And it is only the last day of July, not yet the hot August. uppityperson Jul 2015 #7

It has been hellish here in Boston. smirkymonkey Jul 2015 #10

Me too! PasadenaTrudy Jul 2015 #12

I am originally from Upstate NY, so I like the cool weather. smirkymonkey Jul 2015 #15

in 30 years it will be like Texas Skittles Jul 2015 #16

And hardly any of us has air conditioning... n/t Matariki Jul 2015 #13

That would be a cold front here. hobbit709 Jul 2015 #14

I had no idea it can Jamaal510 Jul 2015 #17

It will be 111 today where my mom lives in Oregon davidpdx Jul 2015 #18