06/07/08 Cooling trend due to La Nina?

[deeps]

Last year, Met Office and University of East Anglia climate scientists said : "Sharply renewed warming is likely once La Niña declines".

From June 2007 on, data indicated a moderate La Niña event, which strengthened in early 2008 and weakened by early 2009. According to NOAA, El Nino conditions have been in place in the equatorial Pacific Ocean since June 2009. Therefore the 2009/2010 season is expected to be an El Nino year.

Does this mean we can expect summer to return anytime soon?

What if they don't get their sharply renewed warming? Perhaps the naughty La Nina will have returned unexpectedly?

Edited by deeps on Thursday 30th July 00:31

[Carfiend]

They can't tell what the weather is going to be like next week so how can we rely on their forecasts over the coming years?

[Jasandjules]

Isn't La Nina (and El Nino) an Annual phenomenon?

Oh, and if MAN is the driving force in any alleged warming then how can a mere natural event do anything to impact upon it? Of course, if the temps rise, could this in any way be due to a natural event, like El Nino? Answers on a taxation postcard to the usual address.

Edited by Jasandjules on Thursday 30th July 13:55

[deeps]

Climate scientists blamed the cooler past few years on La Nina. Now that it's passed we're in for a scorcher for the rest of the year, and the next few years, as man-made carbon fuelled global warming can now resume unhindered.