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It is very dry and hot out west! I heard that Denver has been well over 100 for a string of days. Hot and dry just do not make a good combination. Our meteorologists have told us this heat in the southeast will not be going ANYWHERE anytime soon. I always thought summertime was something to enjoy, but who wants this heat? Its only June so the horrifying thought for us is thinking about July and August. Is this going to be another hot summer around the southeast and southern plains? Im begging for rain because it is deeply needed. If we go to weak el nino this fall and winter, will that give us a pattern change to a cooler than normal and wetter than normal conditions? I agree, they could really use it because theres hardly any moisture in the air
Is it true that the Nina/Nino cycles exacerbate/modify the PDO to some extent? I would think so, and, if so, how does that work?
The two conditions that you identify are separate and, while the may influence each other, are also affected by other weather systems as well. For specific definitions of the El Nino/La Nina, which occur in tropical waters and the Pacific Decadal Oscillation, which refers to the currents in that entire body of water, please see the following pages:
• http://www.almanac.com/content/teleconnections-and-oscillations
• http://www.almanac.com/content/el-niño-and-la-niña
To find even more material on these topics, we invite you to search Almanac.com with the word “nino.”
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