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JayhawkSD

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6. Different dynamic altogether

Reply to msongs (Reply #5)

Fri Oct 16, 2015, 01:40 AM

Oct 2015

The early storms we have seen have been remnants of tropical storms. El Nino has caused an abundance of them, and has pushed some of them further north, but this is not "pineapple express" pattern at play. That occurs when troughs in the jet stream dig far enough south to draw tropical moisture up into California, and we have not even come close to that yet.

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El Nino Keeps Getting Stronger...The LA Times. [View all] CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2015 OP

We need snow tularetom Oct 2015 #1

I think that will be inevitable. CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2015 #3

We need more storage capacity. The snow is melting too fast. Auggie Oct 2015 #7

Apparently it won't affect Mexico at all bananas Oct 2015 #2

Hard to say, since the map ends at the border. CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2015 #4

already has been the pnieapple express pattern several times this fall, a dry run for when the cold msongs Oct 2015 #5

Different dynamic altogether JayhawkSD Oct 2015 #6

Of course it's getting stronger. Nitram Oct 2015 #8