Well, I was taking to a biology student who is studying ocean sciences at Uvic according to her, biologists who are doing research there on Wendnesday came across a pretty unusual sight off of Victoria B.C. . Apparently a fishing vessel pulled up a pretty large biolumincent Humboldt Squid right off the coast. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! This Squid is only found as far north as the Baja Peninsula and usually this squid seldom finds it's self outside of its native equatorial water habitat! The Humbolt Squid made the headlines in the paper today !! Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! The saying around the university is that more than likely a Major el nino is on the way?
Yup first sign of a major el nino! I bet we are going to have some big SEasterlys this winter Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! !! I remember 2 winters ago January we has a massive subtropical storm here that had 140 Km/hr winds and t-storms!! The temperature skyrocketed to 18c during the day and overnight of 15c !! I can't wait !!
Well, the scientist are not that far yet, declaring it a major one. http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso_advisory/
why then would a tropical squid be found at the 48th parellel? There are other squids being found all around Vancouver Island of exactly this type. Time will tell if this el nino is going to be a BIGGY! Already Uvic marine biologists are saying big El Nino is here. Officially it hasn't been released!!
It brings up subtropical and tropical fish up here as well as major SEasterlies that can pack winds up to and over110MPH during the winter here with temps exceeding 18c or 64F.
We usually get SEasterlys ever year but, during elnino events they are usually extreamly strong as well as our rainy season
I think we are going to see the effects very soon. ie) couple of weeks "2-3weeks" Japan just saw the strongest and latest Typhoon ever recorded !!! because of this ~2 days ago !! There was major flooding and 145Km/hr winds as far north as Chiba which is quite unsual for a typhoon. Usually typhoons bring thunder and lightning & torrential rains and not too much wind in Northern Japan. The temperature was also not too high either. 18-23c. Weird stuff!! The last typhoon I went through was in was in 1999 Oct 4 in Nara-ken our temperature soared to around 28c that day! . I remember it well but it was no were near as powerful as our SEeasterlies here in the PNW. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
When are we due for El Niño? Is it a regular occurance? Does El Niño always make the weather colder like I think it did last time? I remember the last one. Not real well, though, cuz I was only about half-way through elementary school. If I remember correctly, there was snow in California. 25 posts to go!
I think in California, it does make the weather colder. I remember in elementary school, it rained much more often on average.
El Niño is a regular occurence. In fact, the more scientific classification of this event is called the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO). As the name implies, this event occurs on a periodic basis (every 2 - 7 years) whereas it is characteristic of surface ocean temperature oscillations between areas near Australia and the western coast of South America. El Niño affects weather patterns throughout the globe during different times of the year. These two diagrams shows how an El Niño event affects climate:
i dont know much about that El nino thing but here in the island it was freezing cold thoughout the winter up to this moment some of us are unable to go out to sea for a swim. what about the Pacific ring of fire? when did it last had an eruption?
You could probably find an recent or ongoing eruption in the Ring of Fire at any time. For example: During 9-15 February, several small explosions at Colima, western Mexico, sent ash to low altitudes. An explosion on 12 February was accompanied by a pyroclastic flow that traveled ~2.5 km SE down the Montegrande and San Antonio ravines On 7 February a small emission of steam, gas, and possibly ash from Ebeko, Kuril Islands, rose ~1 km above the volcano's crater and drifted ~12 km SE. On 8 and 9 February plumes rose to 600 m and thin ash deposits were noted in the town of Severo-Kurilsk, ~7 km from the volcano. During 4-11 February, seismicity was above background levels at Kliuchevskoi, Kamchatka peninsula, and ash plumes rose above the volcano. On 6, 8, and 9 February, ash plumes rose ~2.5 km above the volcano's crater. Gas-and-steam plumes rose to ~3 km during 6-9 February. A cinder cone was noted in the volcano's crater on 6 February. Fresh ash deposits were seen on the SW flank of Ushkovsky volcano (NW of Kliuchevskoi) on 7 February, and in the town of Kluchi on 9 February. Seismicity at Shiveluch, Kamchatka peninsula, was above background levels during 4-11 February, with weak shallow earthquakes occurring beneath the active dome. On 6 February a pyroclastic flow traveled ~2 km down the volcano's flank. Based on interpretations of seismic data, ash-and-gas explosions may have risen to 5.1 km a.s.l. on 6, 7, and 9 February. Weak ash-and-gas explosions and hot avalanches possibly occurred during the week. Ash-and-gas plumes were seen rising to 2.4 km above the lava dome. Shiveluch remained at Concern Color Code Orange. Volcanic and seismic activity were at low levels at Tungurahua, Ecaudor, during 9-14 February. Low-energy gas-and-steam plumes were emitted and long-period earthquakes were recorded. Low-level Strombolian eruptive activity continued at Veniaminof during 4-11 February. On 9 February, an ash burst rose hundreds of meters above the intracaldera cone. Satellite images continued to show a thermal anomaly in the vicinity of the intracaldera cone, consistent with the presence of hot material at the vent. Seismicity remained above background levels at the volcano. On the morning of 10 February there was a distinct increase in the amplitude and frequency of earthquakes. The increase continued through 11 February. This activity was consistent with more energetic explosions from the active cone, however there were no indications that the bursts rose higher than 4 km a.s.l. Veniaminof remained at Concern Color Code Orange. All extracts from Smithsonian Institute/US Geological Survey weekly volcano watch report. http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/usgs/index.cfm
