Strong El Nino and Positive NAO = More Snow

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momoney2123

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maximumpsi said:
Interesting article with snowfall data under different combinations of El Nino and positive or negative North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO).

In Minneapolis, a strong El Nino and Positive NAO resulted in slightly above average snowfall on average.

Go to the link below and scroll half way down the page for the charts.

http://www.weather.com/storms/winter...-season-impact
Click to expand...


Good video talking about similar topics

http://www.weatherbell.com/saturday-summary-november-21-2015
 
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xcr440

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Of the years they talk about previous El Nino's, snows in Minneapolis were:

81-82 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.9 14.0 10.6 46.4 7.4 10.9 4.8 0.0 0.0 95.0 * second highest of record
82-83 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.4 3.6 19.3 3.2 10.8 14.3 21.8 0.0 0.0 74.4
83-84 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 30.4 21.0 10.8 9.3 17.3 9.8 0.0 0.0 98.6 * highest of record

95-96 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 6.6 16.1 14.5 1.2 14.1 2.3 T 0.0 55.5
96-97 0.0 0.0 0.0 T 15.3 23.7 14.2 4.0 14.3 0.6 T 0.0 72.1

Does it mean anything for this year? Doubt it.

I still see rocks out my back yard, so I'm still waiting.
 
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