A massive El Nino is STILL growing: Ten year high will cause prices of everything from chocolate to coffee to rocket but WON’T bring relief to California, forecasters say
Forecast says El Nino conditions are likely to last another nine months
US set to experience wetter-than-normal conditions along Gulf Coast
Peru declared a pre-emptive state of emergency ahead of floods
By MARK PRIGG
DAILYMAIL.COM
27 July 2015
In California, they’re counting on it to end an historic drought; in Peru, they’ve already declared a pre-emptive emergency to prepare for devastating flooding.
Experts say El Nino is set to be the largest in well over a decade – and will increase the price of coffee, chocolate and sugar.
The latest forecasts reveals the effect is still growing, and could survive the winter.
However, they say a competing weather pattern known as ‘the blob’ could stop it bringing desperately needed relief to California.
That pool of incredibly warm ocean water was a major player in the weather over western North America this past winter.
A strong ridge of high pressure was parked over the region, keeping things warm and dry from California to Alaska.
The wintertime pattern has been so domineering that West Coast meteorologists dubbed it the ‘ridiculously resilient ridge’ and believe it could cancel out the effects of el Nino.
But the Capital Weather Gang’s Matt Rogers told the Washington Post the North Pacific warm pool is a powerhouse right now and could prove hard to overcome, especially if El Niño turns out to be weaker than predicted.
‘The positive SST feedback from that warm pool would likely get outweighed by tropical forcing from an El Niño if we see a strong or super El Niño hold through the winter just based on past performance,’ Rogers said.
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