EL NIÑO TO LA NIÑA PATTERN COULD PROMPT DRASTIC WEATHER CHANGE
IN 1998, KENTUCKY EXPERIENCED A VERY WET SPRING DUE TO A STRONG EL NIÑO WEATHER PATTERN. THEN EL NIÑO CONDITIONS IN THE EQUATORIAL PACIFIC TURNED TO LA NIÑA. SOME WEATHER MODELS ARE INDICATING THAT HISTORY MAY REPEAT ITSELF IN 2010.
24-HOUR NEWSWATCH SPOKE WITH UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY AGRICULTURAL METEOROLOGIST TOM PRIDDY FOR HIS INSIGHT:
PRIDDY SAYS HE’S NOT FORECASTING A SUMMER DROUGHT, HE’S SAYING THAT SOME WEATHER MODELS ARE INDICATING THAT THE CURRENT STRONG EL NIÑO PATTERN WILL QUICKLY TURN TO LA NIÑA:
PRIDDY TALKED ABOUT HOW THE EL NIÑO EFFECT SO FAR:
ALTHOUGH THE DRASTIC WEATHER CHANGES IN 1998 WAS THE WORST CASE SCENARIO FOR THE STATE WITH REGARD TO AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, IT WAS A RARE INCIDENT:
ONE ADDITIONAL CONCERN WITH LA NIÑA POTENTIALLY TAKING OVER IS MORE ATLANTIC HURRICANES. PRIDDY SAYS DURING LA NIÑA MORE HURRICANES FORM IN THE DEEP TROPICS FROM AFRICAN EASTERLY WAVES AND THOSE SYSTEMS HAVE A MUCH GREATER LIKELIHOOD OF BECOMING MAJOR HURRICANES, AND OF EVENTUALLY THREATENING THE U.S. AND CARIBBEAN ISLANDS.
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