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PostPosted: 12/13/2006, 12:39 pm    Post subject: El Niņo may deliver wet winter for state Reply to topic Reply with quote
From today's Arizona Republic -
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/1213drought1213.html
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El Niņo may deliver wet winter for state

Shaun McKinnon
The Arizona Republic
Dec. 13, 2006 12:00 AM


Don't count El Niņo out yet.

Although no rain has fallen in Phoenix for 60 days, climate experts said Tuesday that warm temperatures in the Pacific Ocean portend a wet winter across the Southwest, a trademark of the phenomenon known as El Niņo.

Forecasters say the storm track could shift south over Arizona by January, with above-normal rain and snow expected into March. The timing is critical if the winter is to help ease an 11-year drought, said Tim Skarupa, a hydrologist for Salt River Project.

Early-winter snow produces more runoff for reservoirs than late-season storms. Snow stores water through the cold months when demand is low and releases it as spring arrives, bringing with it higher demand for water.

Still, don't expect El Niņo to end the state's drought.

"It's taken us the better part of 10 years to get this far," said Tony Haffer, meteorologist in charge at the National Weather Service in Phoenix. "To say, 'If we had 25 inches of rain over the next six months, the drought would end,' would be incorrect."

Reservoirs on the Colorado River need three to five wet years to recover from the long dry period, said Gregg Garfin, who manages the climate assessment program for the University of Arizona. The summer's wet monsoon was followed by a dry fall, including the 11th-driest November on record in Arizona.

"We're never far from drought," Garfin said.


Another wet winter would be great for us. I'd be happy for a moist winter myself.

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PostPosted: 12/13/2006, 1:49 pm    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote
Bring it on!
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PostPosted: 12/13/2006, 4:05 pm    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote
I guess I'll be planting new trees and shrubs in the yard like a madman now....
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PostPosted: 12/13/2006, 4:05 pm    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote
Heck yeah! I got a pair of snowshoes that need to be taken out for a spin.
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