WTF is with this bleeping weather?

[fan_since79]

Much of the country is getting clobbered with rain, winds, tornadoes, snow, etc. and I feel guilty complaining that is was 39 degrees this morning when I woke up.

[gotbeer]

Much of the country is getting clobbered with rain, winds, tornadoes, snow, etc. and I feel guilty complaining that is was 39 degrees this morning when I woke up.

 

I don't.  It's freaking too cold. 

[Homebrewer]

LOL...my high won't be much more than 39 today.

[nate]

High here today is 26... that is the highest it will be for the next two weeks.

 

39 isn't cold, if I am going to the store or anywhere where my only time outside is just the parking lot, I only wear jeans and a long sleeve shirt.

[Hollyw00d]

Huge storm on the Horizon next week

AO get ready for more sexy time

[Angel Oracle]

All I know is, it's been significantly colder than normal in SoCal the past 2-3 weeks.  

That's strike one for El Nino, the SoCal edition, as it's supposed to be at or above normal temps during it.

 

Only 1 1/4 inches of rain has fallen in SoCal since November 1, about 1/3 of normal.

That's strike two for El Nino, the SoCal edition.

 

If next week's storm fails to appear, STRIKE THREE!    El Nino, the SoCal edition, becomes El WIMPO!  

Edited December 28, 2015 by Angel Oracle

[Gavin]

Huge storm on the Horizon next week

AO get ready for more sexy time

I was just about to post this.  Rumors of a subtropical river (pineapple express).  

[Homebrewer]

If it doesn't float AO's house and car downriver to the sea, he will continue to shake his fist at the sky and curse.

So here's hoping that AO is beset by water inundation enough to at least make an insurance claim.

Happy El Nino, AO!

Get yer floaties ready and put them by the door, Mother Nature is coming for you..

[Amazing Larry]

All I know is, it's been significantly colder than normal in SoCal the past 2-3 weeks.

That's strike one for El Nino, the SoCal edition, as it's supposed to be at or above normal temps during it.

Only 1 1/4 inches of rain has fallen in SoCal since November 1, about 1/3 of normal.

That's strike two for El Nino, the SoCal edition.

If next week's storm fails to appear, STRIKE THREE! El Nino, the SoCal edition, becomes El WIMPO!

Hahaha! Classic!

[Hollyw00d]

El doyero

[Gavin]

The forecast went from predicting over two inches to just ever half an inch. Poor AO!

[Redondo]

30 degrees here this morning. That's cold for us

[nate]

[Amazing Larry]

Where did your creek go?

[nate]

It is under a foot of snow...

[Crampknees]

 

This bad boy was a couple miles away the other day. 

[Angel Oracle]

So now, only about 3 inches of rain are predicted for SoCal between now and February 11.

That makes a whopping 4 1/4 inches from November 1 to February 11, or about THREE to FOUR inches UNDER normal.

 

Soooo, where is this sure thing El Nino everyone was talking about in SoCal, including the stupids at NOAA????

[Homebrewer]

whoa.

wintertime tornados....gives fresh meaning to the thread title, WTF?

my sis lives in texas so I had been aware of the major storms.

Pretty scary. 

[Angel Oracle]

Might as well, my rain has been taken away from me.

 

If the drought persists this winter, it will be here for good.   Say good-bye to the lakes in SoCal and in the SoCal mountains. 

[Hollyw00d]

AO July 2016

[Gavin]

For someone who follows weather this closely, you sure don't know much about forecasting, AO. 

[Angel Dog and Beer]

For AO:

[Angel Oracle]

I have fun as much as anyone on here.

 

I will say though Gavin, that yes I understand forecast can truly go out a week tops.

I also understand that so far there has been no real rain in SoCal and that in past El Ninos there has been much more than 1 1/4 inches of rain by December 29. 

This is even worse than the past four years of drought.    Doesn't seem like El Nino to me.

NOAA, the ones predicting much above normal rain here from December through March, has egg on their faces so far.

Edited December 29, 2015 by Angel Oracle

[Glen]

So if you haven't experienced it then it hasn't happened?

[Gavin]

http://www.laalmanac.com/weather/we08a.htm

 

Take a look at the rainfall for 97-98. Yeah, it rained 2.5 inches in December, but you make it seem like NOAA predicted 10 inches in December. One other thing to note, El Nino doesn't always mean above average rain. It's a trend that includes above average rainfall. Correlation not causation