Is California going to get hit by 'Godzilla' weather pattern in fall, winter?

2015-08-22T15:11:49-04:00

In California going to get hit by 'Godzilla' weather pattern in fall, winter?

Take a look at this article! Should California prepare for the worse or is this just another fluke weather report like always?

http://www.cnbc.com/2015/08/14/godzilla-weather-pattern-may-hit-california-in-fall-winter.html

The 'Godzilla' weather pattern coming to California

A strengthening El Nino pattern in the Pacific could become a once-in-a-generation storm for CA, USA Today reports.

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 22 at 2015 3:15 PM

2015-08-22T15:15:01-04:00

With all of the various catastrophic incidents that happen there, I would say they need to be serious about every warning they hear about COL Mikel J. Burroughs, and stay prepared for everything.

Response by PVT Robert Gresham made Aug 22 at 2015 3:23 PM

2015-08-22T15:23:14-04:00

I really can't speak for California, but in Alaska we ARE looking at all the signs of a long, cold winter with higher than average snowfall. Our Autumn has started, and those who have been living here a lifetime are seeing signs among the vegetation (fireweed), and many of the animal species, that the winter could be especially harsh. We will just prepare for the worst, as we do every winter, and hope for the best. What more can you do?

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 22 at 2015 3:27 PM

2015-08-22T15:27:26-04:00

Being prepared isn't going to hurt. If not prepared people will say "I should'a" , if prepared, "I'm glad we were or what a waste". The Weather man is the last one to "win". Similar to MI, the S-2 says, "we're gong to get hit tonight," if you do the S-2 can do no wrong, if you don't, the S-2 doesn't know what he's talking about. :-)

Response by CSM Michael J. Uhlig made Aug 22 at 2015 3:36 PM

2015-08-22T15:36:06-04:00

COL Mikel J. Burroughs, we need some IRON MAJORS to start planning where to pre-position required resources like drinking water/sandbags/earth movers/shelf stable food items and etc.....FEMA has an opportunity to get prepared now....and work with the areas most likely to be impacted by this. We have more notice now than many other disasters, lets make the most of it!

Response by MCPO Roger Collins made Aug 22 at 2015 3:52 PM

2015-08-22T15:52:42-04:00

El Nino is a rather common occurrence, every 3-5 years. This one is predicted to be a one-in-50 year event. Like the drought is a one-in-100 year occurrence. They need the water, but stand by for floods and mudslides. Along with more climate change warnings, even though it is cyclical.

Response by Col Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 22 at 2015 3:56 PM

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We need the rain, that's for sure.

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 22 at 2015 4:10 PM

2015-08-22T16:10:16-04:00

http://www.almanac.com/weather/longrange

2016 Long-Range Weather Forecast

Find The Old Farmer's Almanac long range weather forecast.

Response by LTC Stephen F. made Aug 22 at 2015 4:45 PM

2015-08-22T16:45:18-04:00

COL Mikel J. Burroughs I would suspect that Japan would get hit by a Godzilla storm since Godzilla is a Japanese invention :-).
A catastrophic weather pattern in the Americas should probably be called something on the order of El Ninio or better yet a Native American storm name :-)
California has been battling a drought brought on by natural effects to some degree and political and environmental battles over water management policy and operations for decades. Whatever storm patterns affect California over the next few years, the political and environmental issues will dwarf the effects of the weather.

Response by PO1 William "Chip" Nagel made Aug 23 at 2015 4:23 AM

2015-08-23T04:23:47-04:00

I'm hearing some Ugly Predictions considering it is an El Nino Year and it is the biggest widest hottest ever. We shall see how the Science translates. Having just returned from the Pacific Northwest I am well aware of the Dry Ground and the Forrest Fires there.

Response by CW3 Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 23 at 2015 8:34 AM

2015-08-23T08:34:25-04:00

With history as an indication of the severe impacts weather can have across the state, the forecast should cause some concern. It is too bad they cannot get some of that precipitation now.

Response by CW4 Guy Butler made Aug 23 at 2015 8:43 AM

2015-08-23T08:43:21-04:00

There's a good chance.

The rest of the country will also have interesting weather shifts; I'm happy I'm getting out of the Northeast.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 23 at 2015 10:13 AM

2015-08-23T10:13:35-04:00

I've got a Farmers Almanac in my office that I ref occasionally. My dad (76 yrs old) and swears by it. Pretty much spot on a majority of the time. Looks like a lot of us may be in for a interesting winter.

Response by LCDR Rabbah Rona Matlow made Aug 23 at 2015 10:55 AM

2015-08-23T10:55:39-04:00

The El Nino is reportedly already out there, and there's supposed to be a "Pineapple Express" coming up from the tropics. If the weather predictions are correct, the West Coast could get clobbered this winter.

While we desperately need the rain (even WA state is in a major drought and wildland fire emergency right now) torrential rains after drought and bad wildland fires will result in tremendous mudslides, which could add to the devastation. This is especially true in areas where developers have put houses in precarious positions on mountains (ala Malibu) or in slide zones (ala Oso WA)...