▲ 120 ▼ This El Niño is going to be something (thelemmy.club) submitted 1 month ago by Philosoraptor@hexbear.net to c/earth@hexbear.net 49 comments fedilink hide all child comments Hold on to your butts, comrades. We're about to get a preview of 2050. I just checked the live data, and the area off the coast of South America that is the index water for ENSO is 9° F above average in places. This is going to be a wild year.
[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 month ago (1 child) Haha, my family lives in one of the most hurricane prone parts of the world :l This is gonna be a year permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tactical_trans_karen@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago (1 child) Strong El Niño effects are known to actually limit hurricanes, so at least there's that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago (1 child) Huh, good to know. I would have expected the opposite. That does make me feel better, thanks permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tactical_trans_karen@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago Yeah, it's the wind currents, they tend to sheer off the tops of accumulating clouds and take a lot of power out of the storms. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tactical_trans_karen@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago (1 child) Strong El Niño effects are known to actually limit hurricanes, so at least there's that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago (1 child) Huh, good to know. I would have expected the opposite. That does make me feel better, thanks permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tactical_trans_karen@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago Yeah, it's the wind currents, they tend to sheer off the tops of accumulating clouds and take a lot of power out of the storms. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago (1 child) Huh, good to know. I would have expected the opposite. That does make me feel better, thanks permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tactical_trans_karen@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago Yeah, it's the wind currents, they tend to sheer off the tops of accumulating clouds and take a lot of power out of the storms. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tactical_trans_karen@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago Yeah, it's the wind currents, they tend to sheer off the tops of accumulating clouds and take a lot of power out of the storms. permalink fedilink source parent