We have been getting some winds to about 25 mph. The higher winds will be along and east of interstate 75 with some gusts to 30-35 this afternoon.
Earlier I posted the maps for the October rain. It has been announced that for the U.S. overall, this was the wettest October ever.
Just a few comments about this El Nino pattern. Although overall weather patterns may be a bit different, this ENSO event should favor the 1994-1995 pattern which served as a precursor to the historically strong 1997-98 event (I believe that this El Nino will be a precursor to a strong El Nino around 2012). December 1994 proved to be, for the most part, wet and mild; January 1995, at least the first part, turned very cold, and February was our snowiest month of the winter season. The weakening, though still very strong, El Nino of 97-98 may have helped contribute to our biggest snowstorm on record in February 1998. Could February 2010 follow a similar pattern? We'll just have to wait and see.
Posted by: Mike Scherzer | November 11, 2009 at 02:03 PM
there are now signs of a pattern change around thanksgiving..if this verifies my long-range forecast will be off to a good start.
Posted by: matt | November 11, 2009 at 04:27 PM
El Nino El Smino.....I don't buy it. Save for the BS the professionals are spouting you can't tell me that coming of the coolest Summer quote possibly on record that the SST's will warm that great to bust our Winter. I just don't bite it.
Rake ain't biting. Cold and Snowy I say for Winter!
I'm Rakemaker
Posted by: RakeMaker | November 11, 2009 at 04:52 PM
I agree. The pattern will change the end of the month. We just getting a break and the El'Nino is responding to this. We have to see break in the pattern after all floods and cooler weather we have seen recently. This is the calm before the another rough winter. I currently is still holding on to my idea of cold and snow toward the end of the month. In my winter forecast I mentioned that the timing of my winter forecast could be 1 to as much as 3 weeks off. So if we don't see snow to end the month then I will off to a good start if we see snowstorm before 9th of December. Snowstorm meaning 4" or more. Chief stormtracker Marcus Barnes
Posted by: Marcus Barnes | November 11, 2009 at 08:54 PM