El Nino

I wonder how many people know what El Nino is? Also do they know about La Nina? They have a great deal to do with controlling our weather for the year. We have been in La Nina, which is a cooling of the ocean and we have had really bad winters, less hurricanes and drought in places like the West Coast. It has been in control and doesn't seem to let go. But now scientists think the ocean is beginning to warm. But they aren't sure but it could be El Nino and that would be normal rain for the West Coast and they may get rid of their drought. That would be great as they provide the largest share of vegetables for the USA. It would, however, mean more hurricanes next winter and a milder winter for the midwest. We would love that part of it as we have humungous snow piles built up from trying to keep roads and driveways clear enough to drive on.

Huricane Season is Here

Hurricane Season started early this year. The first one blew through southern Texas and it looks like Eduardo is going to follow pretty much the same path. They have issued warnings for parts of the Louisiana Coast but New Orleans is not in the warning area. I wonder what they are going to do there when the levees have not been fixed yet and have gaping holes in them. They don't have enough time to fix them properly. Houston seems to be getting the brunt of it so far this year.

Bean Field

We have a huge bean field east of us this year. That means, because it isn't corn, we will get a great deal more breeze from that direction this year. That is great. When you are surrounded by corn fields, they give off extra humidity and it cuts off the air flow and it gets much hotter. The problem with hot weather is that it blows in storms. I see on the weather that hurricanes are brewing in the ocean and they said this morning that 2005 was the worst year ever so far. We could have a lively year again this year too.

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2007 Atlantic Hurricane Season Forecast

The 2007 Atlantic hurricane season should be very active with nine hurricanes and a good chance that at least one major hurricane will hit the U.S. coast according to a top researcher. He expects 17 named storms in all this year, five of them major hurricanes with sustained winds of 111 mph or greater. The probability of a major hurricane making landfall on the U. S. coast this year is 74% compared with the average of 52 percent over the past century. Last year they didn't have as many as were predicted. This was contributed to by an unexpected late El Nino, a warming in the Pacific Ocean. This can even change the wind patterns in the eastern Atlantic, which can disrupt the formation of hurricanes there. The devastating 2005 season set a record with 28 named storms, 15 of them hurricanes. Four of those hurricanes hit the U.S. coast, the worst among them was Katrina which devstated New Orleans and leveled parts of the Gulf Coast Region. Government forecasters plan to release their prediction in late May.