Extreme March Weather Pattern Yields Snow in Mexico Historic Flooding in South Record Northeast Heat

[mitty14u2]

Source: weather.com

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Republicans are the only people in the world that are totally in denial of climate change, Its like blaming all the problems of the USA, President Barack Obama did it, total morons should not be president of anything more or less the country.

[daleanime]

1. kick, kick, kick....

[davidthegnome]

2. It's frightening.

How much the weather has changed in a few years... this year though, in particular, is... wrong, somehow. I've lived in Northern Maine all my life and never seen such a strange winter.

[elmac]

3. I'm not a scientist, but

I think mother nature is going to kick republican ass in November.

[ellenrr]

4. I only scanned the article, but I didn't see anything about el Nino,

wonder if these events are el nino events.

[kentauros]

6. Here's part of a Weather Underground news-blog post

that alludes to El Nino, but doesn't state outright that it's the cause. Mostly, it's about the jet stream creating an almost cut off low over Mexico:

Extreme March Weather Pattern Yields Snow in Mexico, Historic Flooding in South and Record Northeast Heat
Chris Dolce
Published: March 11, 2016

As the satellite image illustrates, snow fell throughout Mexico's Sierra Madre Occidental Mountains. However, some high-valley locations even saw snowfall from this storm system.

Zacatecas International Airport (elevation 7,141 feet) in north-central Mexico reported thundersnow Wednesday. Moderate snow was reported there once again Thursday morning.

Snow was also observed Thursday morning at Durango International Airport, which is located at an elevation of 6,102 feet.

Mexico's second-most populated city, Guadalajara, even saw a coating of snow in some areas. Guadalajara is at a latitude lower than Miami and even Havana, Cuba. However, its elevation of about 5,200 feet in combination with the cold nature of the low pressure system allowed snow to fall there. This is reportedly the first snow in Guadalajara since December 1997, another strong El Nino year.

[ellenrr]

7. thanks. i remember reading a few months ago

that this year was to have a historic el nino.
but of course other weather factors will continue to kick in.

[Curtis]

5. I spend the winter in the Caribbean

And have been here since December. This storm system has had us tied down in St Thomas with some horrific winds and extremely high seas. We want to sail toward Puerto Rico but winds are unusually high with gusts up toward 50 knots and seas over 10 feet. Thus just doesn't happen this time of year