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Written by John Olzsewski
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All indications are that La Nina conditions
are developing in the Pacific Ocean. Most forecast models are already
incorporating this fact into their predictions, assuming that La Nina will
increase in strength as we near year end.
La Nina is the opposite of El
Nino, which got its name from its signature occurrence: - the arrival of warmer
water in the Pacific Ocean on the coast of Ecuador around Christmas.
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Written by John Olzsewski
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Seventh article in a series that discusses
the technical aspects of rainfall
Finding a definition for wet spells
As the slow but steady pace of daily
rainfall entry and analysis proceeded, so did the horizons on the further
importance of the scope of daily rain enlarge.
With the Productive (10mm) and Substantial
(25 mm) daily values as a distinct base, further investigation of the history
of daily falls, revealed that there are numerous stations countrywide that have
recorded wet spells as defined below.
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Written by John Olzsewski
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What happened?
The establishment of heat continued to take
its seat across much, but not all, of Namibia.
The far north has probably set records not
for just daily maximum temperatures but also for the continued and unabated
duration of mid- to upper 30oC temperatures.
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