tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post671265664094373171..comments2024-03-28T10:16:44.231-07:00Comments on Cliff Mass Weather Blog: PDO and Long-Term TrendsCliff Mass Weather Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948649423540350788noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-31760641216684920482011-04-28T12:45:50.679-07:002011-04-28T12:45:50.679-07:00Does all our cool wet weather have anything to do ...Does all our cool wet weather have anything to do with the drought and hot weather they are having in Texas? http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110428/us_nm/us_usa_droughtGeoff in Bellevuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03574654264359041257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-40587947389837253472011-04-28T00:02:13.031-07:002011-04-28T00:02:13.031-07:00Cliff, I would also love some sort of Cliff Mass a...Cliff, I would also love some sort of Cliff Mass awesome summary as to how the PDO affects all seasons in Western WA. Or maybe linking to a thorough summary already in existence?srarosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08933059582731257577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-58147834745300502382011-04-26T10:54:16.709-07:002011-04-26T10:54:16.709-07:00Cliff, what does the same long-term charts look li...Cliff, what does the same long-term charts look like for July/August? I also feel like our summers have been getting a bit cooler as well. I swear that the mid-90s had warmer summers.<br /><br />Also, seems like a some sort of on/off or 2-3 year cycle between warm/cool springs within the trend.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00640069495153238202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-6257537759794450062011-04-26T09:14:10.841-07:002011-04-26T09:14:10.841-07:00Great Blog Cliff, one of the few I hit every day.
...Great Blog Cliff, one of the few I hit every day.<br /><br />The graph of april temperature you showed is very informative. I'm curious to see these laid up against a historical graph for the month of August. Does a cold april necessarily predict a cold summer? ( I'm really hoping the answer is no! ) I also noticed that the swing of the PDO is getting larger over the short amount of information that you have. perhaps one effect of global warming would be that the severity of the PDO would increase. Just an intuitive thought, but chaotic systems to tend to jump around more as energy input increases.<br /><br />On another point. I noticed that the area radar maps for saturday night showed rain blanketing the entire region! I went outside to confirm a starlit sky cloudless sky. All of the internet based radar sources showed the same data. Is it calibration issue with the interpretation of the radar signal?danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06681699224042477117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-91568449347849812232011-04-26T08:43:32.932-07:002011-04-26T08:43:32.932-07:00Could you please (oh please) do a post on what Jul...Could you please (oh please) do a post on what July/August/September 2011 may be like? Do the models speak yet. The tourists would really like to know which climate to pack for. Thank you so much.Allisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02475433199308666648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-4598007279490394772011-04-25T23:39:30.697-07:002011-04-25T23:39:30.697-07:00Cliff, this is really depressing! I can barely st...Cliff, this is really depressing! I can barely stand a normal year coming as I do from Connecticut where it is full-on summer by the end of May. I did not know the PDO had such a far-reaching effect... although I have some faith in the seeming tendency for a cool early spring to produce a warm summer. Tell me it's true!Anselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13835758313287462921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-49873393720103662012011-04-25T16:22:26.852-07:002011-04-25T16:22:26.852-07:00Great article as always, thank you. There's a ...Great article as always, thank you. There's a cool website www.weatherdig.com where you can find a lot of historical weather data and trends for places all over the world in a way that is easy to read. Thought I'd share with you all.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12790020918695700184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-77967905115960460172011-04-25T15:57:42.999-07:002011-04-25T15:57:42.999-07:00As a kid in Seattle we spoke in hushed reverent to...As a kid in Seattle we spoke in hushed reverent tones regarding the summer of 1958 and summer of 1959. They were summers of water rationing and warm lakes. It was glorious. Then came the summer of the World’s Fair in 1962. Opinion shapers from the networks made fun of our ‘Country Fair’ and the summer that wasn’t. We used to say: ‘if you don’t like our weather just wait 3 months’– what with the advent of the possibility of the PDO rhythm we can say: ‘if you don’t like our weather just wait 20 years!’Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12021493398816554535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-15200767950890405132011-04-25T14:45:20.754-07:002011-04-25T14:45:20.754-07:00I see that the decadal charts have big ups & d...I see that the decadal charts have big ups & downs from year to year within the decades - all those dots that the line smooths out. <br /><br />Do la Niña and el Niño have anything to do with these? <br /><br />Do the ups correlate to el Niño years and downs to la Niña years?Peggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00153651994237785954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-27989879961129402322011-04-25T14:29:03.754-07:002011-04-25T14:29:03.754-07:00OK, I'm really not clear on what you're sa...OK, I'm really not clear on what you're saying here. "It's going to get warmer"...this summer? ....in 20 years?? Your definition of long term seems to be really long terms. I just want to have some idea of what this all means for this summer.TVNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13009390667773034005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-47473456548886394692011-04-25T13:33:37.084-07:002011-04-25T13:33:37.084-07:00I tried to cross-correlate the PDO to glacier adva...I tried to cross-correlate the PDO to glacier advance/retreat farther north in SE AK, but could only show some possible relationship. I don't know much about glaciers; perhaps the period on such things is much longer than decades. But I do believe that over the last 25 years, several glaciers in SE showed a historically rapid retreat. Now we'll have to see if they slow....Ken Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04288242017247316325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-40882878972207756922011-04-25T11:30:38.404-07:002011-04-25T11:30:38.404-07:00Are my eyes picking out a non-existent pattern, or...Are my eyes picking out a non-existent pattern, or is there a 2-3 year cycle in the April temperature graph?David Cuthberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11500879139513611307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-71904873892527271132011-04-25T09:17:14.573-07:002011-04-25T09:17:14.573-07:00Thanks Cliff. But the thought of a decade or more ...Thanks Cliff. But the thought of a decade or more of cold springs due to the PDO cycle leaves me ... well, cold. I may have to set up a second home base in Hawaii.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-55237927721251064862011-04-25T08:30:28.836-07:002011-04-25T08:30:28.836-07:00I would like to know what effect La Nina has on su...I would like to know what effect La Nina has on summer weather. Does La Nina make it cooler, wetter or dryer and warmer than normal?<br />Dave S.Dave Stecklerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10967508212716572468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-63205369946894238032011-04-25T07:47:43.416-07:002011-04-25T07:47:43.416-07:00England is supposed to have worse weather than her...England is supposed to have worse weather than here - yet:<br /><br />http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/apr/24/april-warmest-britain-sunKenna Wickmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02802821050975830973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-62218670135227680452011-04-25T06:20:33.407-07:002011-04-25T06:20:33.407-07:00Great. Something to look forward too....Great. Something to look forward too....Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15369325677310528747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-77007982496651872382011-04-25T00:05:33.525-07:002011-04-25T00:05:33.525-07:00Cliff Thanks for sharing this information. This ma...Cliff Thanks for sharing this information. This matter has some very real practical value regarding farm planing times and field drainage in western Washington.Dan McShanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17044037213245602667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-60051974753218967812011-04-24T14:35:25.662-07:002011-04-24T14:35:25.662-07:00Let's not forget about 2009. Early spring migh...Let's not forget about 2009. Early spring might suck, but that year had the best late spring and summer in the history of the universe. Happy Easter!C.P.O.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16880429004171251097noreply@blogger.com