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Interview: Meteorologist Sean Boyd Explains El Niño And What It Could Mean For The Valley

Courtesty of NOAA
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http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/facts/elnino.html
The image on the left represents "normal" conditions in the equatorial Pacific during January 1997. The image on the right shows El Niño conditions from November 1997. Note the much warmer waters present during the El Niño event.";

El Niño could bring much needed storms to Central California, but if storm drop too much rain or happen back-to-back then flooding could happen. To explain more Valley Edition Host Joe Moore was joined by Meteorologist and Fresno State Lecturer Sean Boyd this week to talk about the looming El Niño.

In this interview Boyd explains that El Niño isn't the only factor in how much rain California receives this winter. There's also something called the ridiculously resilient ridge and another thing called the blob. It sounds sort of scary, but if all three elements line up California could have a wet winter.  Listen to the full interview above. 

Ezra David Romero is an award-winning radio reporter and producer. His stories have run on Morning Edition, Morning Edition Saturday, Morning Edition Sunday, All Things Considered, Here & Now, The Salt, Latino USA, KQED, KALW, Harvest Public Radio, etc.