*****(SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT)*****
FROM THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER
REGARDING A POTENTIAL EL NINO FOR THIS COMING LATE FALL AND WINTER TO IN THE SPRING OF 2010 OF NEXT YEAR
AFTER NEARLY 4 YEARS OF LA NINA CONDITIONS (ALTHOUGH WE DID HAVE A BRIEF SPELL OF WEAK TO MODERATE EL NINO IN 2006), IT APPEARS THE EQUATORIAL PACIFIC IS TRANSITIONING INTO A PROLONGED, POSSIBLY MODERATELY STRONG EL NINO HEADING INTO LATE 2009 AND EARLY 2010.
THE LAST TIME WE HAD A STRONG EL NINO WAS BACK IN LATE 1997 AND EARLY 1998 WITCH WAS A VERY WET YEAR
THERE IS REASON THAT HEADING INTO LATE FALL AND WINTER OF THIS YEAR AND INTO THE SPRING OF 2010 TO BE OPTIMISTIC THAT SOME OF THE MODELS PROJECTIONS SHOW A STRONG EL NINO SO STAY TUNED FOR MORE UPDATES