Title: Mcgowanjm Wire 2012 Source:
[None] URL Source:[None] Published:Feb 26, 2012 Author:Various Post Date:2012-02-26 09:15:13 by A K A Stone Keywords:None Views:1404403 Comments:2390
lady-t wrote:im moving to the desert now wonder if it will become the sahara before much longer
The SW USSA will become drier with each passing month.
Update: Commenter R. Gates has a firm meteorological grasp of current events, which not only could be influenced by the state of the sea ice, but also have to do with the early breaking down of the Polar Vortex I alluded to in my latest blog post on the cracking event (Arctic freezing season ends with a loud crack). Here's his explanation in a comment below:
There are certainly two dynamics at play in the "weirding" of this winter's weather, but before discussing them, it would probably be good to understand that we are in a new regime of climate and therefore weather patterns, and thus, the weather is only weird compared to some former regime. In other words-- weird is the new norm, and it will be weird in the future not to have blocking patterns and associated extremes that come with climate change.
California water outlook: Sierra snowpack dry and getting drier, 52 ... www.mercurynews.com/.../californias-sie ... ting-drier - Cached 2 days ago ... Despite a profound lack of rain and snow across California since ... That's the lowest reading for the beginning of April of any time since 2007, ...
Phoenix/LV will have to Evac as the Hoover Dam stops producing electricity. At that point, the Navajo/Page Coal Fired Plant comes in.
The NPCFP was built exclusively to move Colorado River Water into the Central Arizona Project.
The NPCFP can provide electricity to Phoenix/LV or water.
