teconnectivity2013 Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 I was just curious to see if anybody can remember what was the weather like during the 97-98 el nino winter because i was pretty young at that time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjames1992 Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 It was a torch, IIRC. Most places saw no snow at all in the SE, IIRC. A strong El Nino is too much of a good thing for us in the SE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmersonGA Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 I think we got an inch in December and nada for the rest of winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 I think we got an inch in December and nada for the rest of winter. If I remember correctly we had flowers in late January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaWx Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Weak El Nino is the best bet for a cold winter in the SE US though sometimes they are dry. 1976-7 and 1977-78 were two very classic cold winters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 If I remember correctly we had flowers in late January. Wrong year. Jan 98 started warm and then settled into a fairly normal temp pattern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrgjeff Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 East based strong El Ninos are mild Southeast. West based moderate or weak El Ninos are the snow monsters. Right now guidance leans heavily toward El Nino next winter but there is conflict on east-west. PDO interaction will also influence. Too early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BullCityWx Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 I remember that entire winter being a torch here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackerel_sky Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Yeah, I think I remember an early December cold and snow (2-3) inches, then torch/snowless rest of winter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjames1992 Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 1998 was also the warmest year on record worldwide, largely as a result of the super El Nino. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjames1992 Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Looks like the winter of 1997-1998 was warm in the SE, but especially warm in the Midwest and Northeast. Looks warm from sea to shining sea, for the most part. Looks like NC was 1.5-2C above normal (pretty warm) for DJF while GA was closer to 1C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packbacker Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Looks like the winter of 1997-1998 was warm in the SE, but especially warm in the Midwest and Northeast. Looks warm from sea to shining sea, for the most part. Looks like NC was 1.5-2C above normal (pretty warm) for DJF while GA was closer to 1C. Looks pretty good to me, rather have than watch everyone arounds get jackpotted, LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NC_hailstorm Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 It rained about every two or three days,storms crossing the southern US frequently. Warm most of the way and a lot of severe weather,even into the late spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackerel_sky Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 I was just curious to see if anybody can remember what was the weather like during the 97-98 el nino winter because i was pretty young at that time.Is this a possible scenario for 2014/15 winter? Just wondering what brought these years up in particular? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjames1992 Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Is this a possible scenario for 2014/15 winter? Just wondering what brought these years up in particular? 1997-1998 featured the strongest El Nino on record, so probably not. http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/ensostuff/ensoyears.shtml Looks pretty good to me, rather have than watch everyone arounds get jackpotted, LOL You have a point. At least there'd be no one to be jealous of! We'd all be miserable! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BullCityWx Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Boone and Asheville had a huge snowstorm in January 1998 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjames1992 Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Well, there was at least this event, actually. Nice Southern Pines to Wilson jackpot. That would suck here, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCSNOW Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Unless it's 1) weak El Niño and 2) west based then I'd much rather take my chances on a pattern like this past winter. Elninos can flood the conus with pacific air for weeks on end. Despite how they get rave reviews for the SE, I remember the bad a whole lot more than the good produced by El Niño. The winter referenced in this thread is one of several reasons why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Certainly was a player in the FL tornado outbreak on Feb 22nd-23rd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packbacker Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Looking at the moderate to strong Nino's it looks pretty good for snow, at least for RDU. 7 out of 10 years over the 30yr average and 4 of the 10 were double digit snow years. I picked the 10 strongest years based on URL below. http://ggweather.com/enso/oni.htm 1957-1958 - 7.9" 1965-1966 - 12.3" 1972-1973 - 11.3" 1982-1983 - 11.8" 1986-1987 - 10.8" 1991-1992 - 0" 1994-1995 - 2.2" 1997-1998 - 2.4" 2002-2003 - 7.4" 2009-2010 - 7.9" Avg = 7.4" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crapper Jim Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 1990-1999 were pretty lean years for Charlotte, NC. Maybe some small snows toward the end of that period. My best recollection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wow Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 December 29, 1997.. got about 5-6 inches of snow I recall. Otherwise, a non-eventful winter. I remember it got pretty cold and wet that November. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wx4life Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 That was the first time I can ever really recall the term El Nino being brought up in the news and just about everything else. If something went wrong, blame the El Nino...lol. That winter was very warm and wet. Alot of rain. We did have some snow in January,but it melted a couple of hours after it stopped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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