EL NINO SUMMER?

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srainhoutx wrote:Since the models some time rush transitions in cycles, 1958 Hurricane Ellen (Cat 2) dropped a maximum rainfall of 13.06 inches at Sholes Field in Galveston. Even a weak El Nino is no guarantee of a quite season.
Hurricane Ella weakened to a tropical storm before it made landfall on Corpus Christi. It must of been a lop-sided storm like Allison in 2001.
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The sub-surface is quite warm.

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El Nino peaks are in the Fall and Winter.
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1997 and 2014 compared. 2014 is warmer than 1997.

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Early stage of El Nino compared from past and present. It includes 1982-1983.
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