,,,maybe it is an El Nino. After an unexpected and totally welcome 6.59 inches a couple of weeks ago, the air has been clear, soft, windless and warm...we hit a 97 a week ago, and yesterday 84.
The data also look convincing:
Here's a graph of warmth spreading along the equator across the Pacific, from a NOAA site:
And here's a suite of models, all of which show an El Nino/Southern Oscillation developing:
Okay, I'm convinced. Time to fix the roof and clear out the streambed...
