This year's El Nino outlook is something that I've been watching. It is looking like it maybe the strongest one ever recorded. Stronger than the one in 1997. In February of that year parts of Kentucky from Corbin to Louisville to Cincinnati and Winchester saw up to 2 feet of snow.

 

 

Now it is far too early to predict anything like that but I just thought it was interesting that the outlook is saying this years is El Nino is going to be more powerfull that 1997 so I looked back and saw what we got during the 1997-98 winter.

Edited July 11, 201511 yr by nWo

Just looked at the severe weather history also for 1998. There were severe tornado outbreaks. The main one that affected Kentucky was the one from April 15-16, 1998.

 

South Central Kentucky was hit hard. Bowling Green saw baseball size hail and caused flooding on WKU's main campus. There was an F3 tornado in southern Warren County. The tornado then moved into Barren Co. An F2 tornado hit Metcalfe Co.

April 16, 1998. What a day that was.

I can hang with the snow, NWO, but if you could leave the tornadoes off, that would be terrific.

I hear you. :thumb:

Looks like I'll be purchasing a second snowblower this fall. The one I bought last year paid for itself in a day.

Nwo,

 

Has there been any scientific reason given to the rain cycle we are currently in?

 

The tv guys just keep acting like its normal but this is going on 4 weeks by my count and this next shows 50% to 60% chances each day.. July really looks like April.

Edited July 10, 201511 yr by TexasRanger
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Nwo,

 

Has there been any scientific reason given to the rain cycle we are currently in?

 

The tv guys just keep acting like its normal but this is going on 4 weeks by my count and this next shows 50% to 60% chances each day.. July really looks like April.

 

The thinking is because the El Nino is growing in the Pacific it is causing the water temps in the Atlantic to be lower. Low temps aren't condusive to the formation of hurricanes.

 

This is causing a slow start to the Atlantic Hurricane season so we haven't had a hurricane to come through and push the jetstream northward. We are stuck in this pattern until something pushes the jetstream back to the north.

 

We may get some relief from the rain after the next week.

Maybe I'm asking for too much....but please, God....not that much snow!

I'll dodge tornadoes over dealing with all that snow, every time.