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Quixote1818

(28,936 posts) Mon Apr 23, 2012, 01:07 AM Apr 2012

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So 2011 was the warmest La Nina year on record globaly

Cooler than average waters in the equatorial Pacific, symptomatic of a moderately strong La Nina pattern, stopped 2011 from besting 2010’s El Nino-fueled near-record global warmth. But of the La Nina years on record, 2011 ranked as the warmest according to data from NOAA and NASA.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/post/extreme-weather-2011-warmest-la-nina-year-on-record-around-10th-warmest-overall/2012/01/19/gIQAdzOhBQ_blog.html

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So 2011 was the warmest La Nina year on record globaly (Original Post) Quixote1818 Apr 2012 OP

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Apr 2012 #1

To paraphrase Veep Gore nadinbrzezinski Apr 2012 #2

It caused southcentral Alaska to get about twice as much snow as normal, Blue_In_AK Apr 2012 #3

Which is consistent with a La Nina pattern Gman Apr 2012 #4

Uncle Joe

(58,361 posts)

1. Kicked and recommended.

Reply to Quixote1818 (Original post)

Mon Apr 23, 2012, 01:10 AM

Apr 2012

Thanks for the thread, Quixote.

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)

2. To paraphrase Veep Gore

Reply to Quixote1818 (Original post)

Mon Apr 23, 2012, 01:17 AM

Apr 2012

People are noticing weather is really odd... not normal.

Blue_In_AK

(46,436 posts)

3. It caused southcentral Alaska to get about twice as much snow as normal,

Reply to Quixote1818 (Original post)

Mon Apr 23, 2012, 04:24 AM

Apr 2012

breaking a 57-year-old record, 134.5 inches in Anchorage. Our "normal" is around 74 inches.

Gman

(24,780 posts)

4. Which is consistent with a La Nina pattern

Reply to Blue_In_AK (Reply #3)

Mon Apr 23, 2012, 08:16 AM

Apr 2012

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