getwitit
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Well I work with a professor on my campus. We do climatology research..usually isotopic ecology studies. Anyways, this year is quite interesting weather-wise. We have gotten a huge drop in Pacific sea temperatures and other factors which influence the Multivariate ENSO index(MEI).
Briefly, this is what they are saying about the 2010/11 climate:
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mfr/climo/lanina_2010.php
What is most enthralling about it is that,
"The most recent (July-August) MEI value shows a continued drop from earlier this year, reaching -1.81, or 0.64 sigma below last month's value, and 2.35 standard deviations below April-May, both record-fast drops for this time of year. In fact, the three-month drop set a new all-time record for any time of year, beating a 2.33 sigma drop in 1998.
The most recent MEI rank (2nd lowest) is clearly below the 10%-tile threshold for strong La Niña MEI rankings for this season. One has to go back to 1955 to find stronger La Niña conditions for this time of year in the MEI record, and back to September-October 1975 for lower MEI values at any time of year." (http://brucekrasting.blogspot.com/2010/09/extreme-la-nina.html)
Some more things to look at:
http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/enso/enso.mei_index.html
http://wp.me/P7y4l-6gT
Briefly, this is what they are saying about the 2010/11 climate:
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mfr/climo/lanina_2010.php
What is most enthralling about it is that,
"The most recent (July-August) MEI value shows a continued drop from earlier this year, reaching -1.81, or 0.64 sigma below last month's value, and 2.35 standard deviations below April-May, both record-fast drops for this time of year. In fact, the three-month drop set a new all-time record for any time of year, beating a 2.33 sigma drop in 1998.
The most recent MEI rank (2nd lowest) is clearly below the 10%-tile threshold for strong La Niña MEI rankings for this season. One has to go back to 1955 to find stronger La Niña conditions for this time of year in the MEI record, and back to September-October 1975 for lower MEI values at any time of year." (http://brucekrasting.blogspot.com/2010/09/extreme-la-nina.html)
Some more things to look at:
http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/enso/enso.mei_index.html
http://wp.me/P7y4l-6gT