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Jeff A. Hutton Warning Coordination Meteorologist National Weather Service. Recent Weather and a Look Ahead. This time last year…. October 2009 Precipitation. This year - 2010. October 2009 Temperatures. This year – October 2010. Precipitation for 2010. Temperatures. The Outlook.
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Jeff A. Hutton Warning Coordination Meteorologist National Weather Service Recent Weather and a Look Ahead
ENSO • El Nino – Southern Oscillation • A general term to describe both El Nino and La Nina • Irregular cycle of warming and cooling of the tropical Pacific Ocean
Something new! El Nino Modoki drives a climate pattern known as the North Pacific Gyre Oscillation (NPGO). El Nino Modoki
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Even day-to-day weather is hard to predict! Model forecast precipitation – Huge error west of a LaCrosse to Cimarron to Liberal line
Computer predicted thunderstorm initiation zonevswhere the thunderstorms actually formed
Computer predicated location of mature/well developed line of precipitation vsradar reflectivity which shows a 20 to 40 mile error