So whats the big deal about El Nino 
Friday, August 15, 2014, 04:12 PM
Posted by Snow Bunny
I am sure by now many of you have heard that it looks like El Nino is on it’s way and maybe you’re wondering why you should care. After all, why should it matter if the tropical Pacific Ocean becomes warmer than average? That’s thousands of miles away from the continental United States. Well, it turns out that El Niño often results in changes in the patterns of precipitation and temperature across the continental United States and this can be a really good thing for California especially in the drought condition we are currently in.

Many people probably remember the heavy rainfall, flooding, and landslides that occurred in California in 1982/83 and again in 1997/98. As the region suffers through a devastating drought it could be something of a relief if we knew for certain that El Niño would bring similar soaking rains.. So assuming El Niño develops what can we expect across the United States and when can we expect it? By looking at seasonal climate conditions in previous El Niño years, scientists have identified a set of typical impacts associated with this phenomenon. However it doesn't mean that all of these impacts happen during every El Niño episode it’s just that they happen more often during El Niño than you’d expect by chance, and many of them have occurred during many El Niño events. So
The odds are good that rain and snow are on their way and we should have a wet and snowy year. But stay tuned for more information in the next few weeks.

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