{"id":5158,"date":"2015-11-13T14:17:28","date_gmt":"2015-11-13T19:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/?p=5158"},"modified":"2015-11-13T15:28:29","modified_gmt":"2015-11-13T20:28:29","slug":"more-stories-on-the-record-setting-el-nino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/2015\/11\/more-stories-on-the-record-setting-el-nino\/","title":{"rendered":"More stories on the record-setting El Ni\u00f1o"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week the current strong El Ni\u00f1o tied the all-time sea surface temperature record of 2.8 degrees C above the long-term average with 1997, the record-holder for the strongest El Ni\u00f1o. \u00a0Since the current El Ni\u00f1o still looks like it will grow for another month or two before it starts its inevitable decay, it should become the new record-holder for the strongest temperature anomaly in the eastern Pacific Ocean in the next few weeks.<\/p>\n

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Weather Underground<\/em> has an intriguing story<\/a> about how this El Ni\u00f1o may affect December temperatures. \u00a0Composite maps from previous super-strong El Ni\u00f1os show that, based on those composites, December is likely to be quite a bit warmer than normal, with a shift to the cooler and cloudier conditions in January through March. \u00a0This means that if snow or ice storms occur in the Southeast, they are most likely later in the winter rather than in the next couple of months. \u00a0Interestingly, the strong El Ni\u00f1o is linked to better skiing in the North Carolina mountains, so if you like to ski locally, this might be a good year for you later in the winter.<\/p>\n

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If you’re interested in the latest on El Ni\u00f1o impacts in California, you may be interested in this story<\/a> from the San Jose Mercury News. \u00a0Most likely the best relief from the persistent drought will be in southern California with more limited relief in the north, where the biggest reservoirs are located. \u00a0The Los Angeles Times also has an article describing the likely winter conditions in California here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This week the current strong El Ni\u00f1o tied the all-time sea surface temperature record of 2.8 degrees C above the long-term average with 1997, the record-holder for the strongest El Ni\u00f1o. \u00a0Since the current El Ni\u00f1o still looks like it will grow for another month or two before it starts its inevitable decay, it should […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":217,"featured_media":5159,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-climate-and-ag-in-the-news","category-el-nino-and-la-nina"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/217"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5158"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5164,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5158\/revisions\/5164"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}