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Powering the storms is heat and moisture from the Gulf of Mexico, where sea-surface temperatures recently have been running about two degrees Fahrenheit above average.
Unusual Collision of Weather Forces Likely Set Stage for Storm Outbreak Robert Lee Hotz 2011
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Australia's floods, which started in late November, have been linked to the La Nina climate phenomenon, which refers to cooler-than-normal sea-surface temperatures in parts of the Pacific, causing disruptions in weather patterns.
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The current weather pattern includes the ongoing La Nina, which is a cooling of sea-surface temperatures in the equatorial Pacific, which usually results in less precipitation than normal across Texas.
Paul Yeager: Predictions of 10-Year Texas Drought Have Validity Paul Yeager 2011
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The current weather pattern includes the ongoing La Nina, which is a cooling of sea-surface temperatures in the equatorial Pacific, which usually results in less precipitation than normal across Texas.
Paul Yeager: Predictions of 10-Year Texas Drought Have Validity Paul Yeager 2011
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Even though a La Nina will influence the weather for months at a time, it's still a short-term climatological factor compared to something that climatologists call the Pacific Decadal Oscillation PDO, which is a long-term warming or cooling of the overall sea-surface temperature of the Pacific.
Paul Yeager: Predictions of 10-Year Texas Drought Have Validity Paul Yeager 2011
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This is what the tree rings are telling us: When Pacific Ocean sea-surface temperatures plummet as much as 18F La Nina's occur, lasting for up to 18 months and the Southwest experiences a drought.
Dr. Reese Halter: Global Warming, Drought and the Grim Reaper Dr. Reese Halter 2010
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This is what the tree rings are telling us: When Pacific Ocean sea-surface temperatures plummet as much as 18F La Nina's occur, lasting for up to 18 months and the Southwest experiences a drought.
Dr. Reese Halter: Global Warming, Drought and the Grim Reaper Dr. Reese Halter 2010
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Furthermore, the WMO recorded the “record-breaking temperature anomalies throughout the world,” “severe to extreme drought,” “extreme flooding,” a “new worldwide record rainfall,” and “unusual sea-surface temperature patterns”:
Wonk Room » George Will’s Latest Denier Column Links To Global Boiling Document 2009
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This is what the tree rings are telling us: When Pacific Ocean sea-surface temperatures plummet as much as 18F La Nina's occur, lasting for up to 18 months and the Southwest experiences a drought.
Dr. Reese Halter: Global Warming, Drought and the Grim Reaper Dr. Reese Halter 2010
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Even though a La Nina will influence the weather for months at a time, it's still a short-term climatological factor compared to something that climatologists call the Pacific Decadal Oscillation PDO, which is a long-term warming or cooling of the overall sea-surface temperature of the Pacific.
Paul Yeager: Predictions of 10-Year Texas Drought Have Validity Paul Yeager 2011
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