Return of El Nino's warmer sea surface temperatures brings in possibility of wet thunderstorms to region
NOAA The worldwide sea surface temperatures show a pool of water off the West Coast that is about 2 degrees warmer than normal and the sign an El Nino lies ahead.
Finally the word "normal," appears in the weather forecast for the weeks ahead.
After eight months of off-the-charts wet weather the new season that snuck by at about 9:25 p.m. June 20 promises to be what we've come to know.
"Summer will be very normal," retired Eastern Washington University geography and meteorology professor Dr. Bob Quinn said. That means hot and dry.
"I'm not looking for an excruciatingly hot summer," he added.
But expect some sudden bouts of moisture, too, he warned.
With warmer water off the West Coast, when there is a disturbance it will tap into the abundant moisture, s...
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