Thanks John. The sight of three K-36's steaming on an early frosty morning is something to behold. And this was just posted in this morning's ABQ Journal so we may be treated to snow this fall:
Dig out the galoshes. El Niño is on the way.
A rapid warming in the Pacific Ocean during the past few weeks led climate watchers Thursday to issue their first forecast in three years for an El Niño, a climate pattern that favors wet weather for the Southwestern United States.
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The strongest effect is in the fall and winter months. The last El Niño, in 2006-07, saw above-average precipitation in New Mexico. The two subsequent years were drier than normal.3
Forecasts are still preliminary ... as rapidly changing ocean conditions are taken into account. But a preliminary look suggests odds favoring wetter-than-normal weather in New Mexico through the end of the year.
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