EL NIÑO
Whistler Weather forecast
After some prolonged cold temperatures in the valley the inversion has broken down. Warm air coming in from the south-southwest had invaded. The trend will continue.
This was just released from the NOAA
EL NIÑO/SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO) DIAGNOSTIC DISCUSSION
issued by
CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER/NCEP/NWS
7 January 2010
ENSO Alert System Status: El Niño Advisory
Synopsis: El Niño is expected to continue at least into the Northern Hemisphere spring 2010.
El Niño strengthened during December 2009, with above-average sea surface temperatures (SST) encompassing the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean (Fig. 1). Weekly values of the Niño-3.4 index increased slightly with the most recent value reaching +1.8°C (Fig. 2). Consistent with this warmth, equatorial upper-ocean heat content anomalies remained positive (Fig. 3). Subsurface temperature anomalies exceeded +2°C across much of the equatorial Pacific (Fig. 4), with the largest departures seen in the eastern part of the basin at the end of the month. Equatorial low-level westerly and upper-level easterly wind anomalies were also consistent with El Niño, along with a continuation of suppressed convection over Indonesia and enhanced convection over the western and central equatorial Pacific. Collectively, these oceanic and atmospheric anomalies reflect a strong El Niño.
The bottom line for Whistler is the valley will suck however the high alpine will get dumped on....Expect copius precip with freezing levels around 1500m to 1800m
After some prolonged cold temperatures in the valley the inversion has broken down. Warm air coming in from the south-southwest had invaded. The trend will continue.
This was just released from the NOAA
EL NIÑO/SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO) DIAGNOSTIC DISCUSSION
issued by
CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER/NCEP/NWS
7 January 2010
ENSO Alert System Status: El Niño Advisory
Synopsis: El Niño is expected to continue at least into the Northern Hemisphere spring 2010.
El Niño strengthened during December 2009, with above-average sea surface temperatures (SST) encompassing the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean (Fig. 1). Weekly values of the Niño-3.4 index increased slightly with the most recent value reaching +1.8°C (Fig. 2). Consistent with this warmth, equatorial upper-ocean heat content anomalies remained positive (Fig. 3). Subsurface temperature anomalies exceeded +2°C across much of the equatorial Pacific (Fig. 4), with the largest departures seen in the eastern part of the basin at the end of the month. Equatorial low-level westerly and upper-level easterly wind anomalies were also consistent with El Niño, along with a continuation of suppressed convection over Indonesia and enhanced convection over the western and central equatorial Pacific. Collectively, these oceanic and atmospheric anomalies reflect a strong El Niño.
The bottom line for Whistler is the valley will suck however the high alpine will get dumped on....Expect copius precip with freezing levels around 1500m to 1800m
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