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Coastal and Marine Impacts from Imelda and Humberto as Both Track Away from the Southeast U.S.

Swells and high surf from both Imelda and Humberto are expected to bring dangerous marine and rip current conditions to the east coast of Florida and Georgia today, spreading north along much of the east coast of the U.S. this week. Heavy rainfall north and west of Imelda falling across coastal Florida and Georgia into the Carolinas could cause isolated flash and urban flooding through Tuesday. Read More >

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Strong El Niño events impact the spring precipitation across southeast New Mexico, resulting in 100% to 132% of the long term average precipitation. However, there is a significant decrease from DJF precipitation for strong El Niño's (ranging from 177% to 239% of normal). Results for Climate Division 7  indicate that 1992 was an unusually wet year for Roswell and likewise for 2007 in Carlsbad.

 

A description of the graphs is located at the bottom of the page.  

spring precip for ft. sumner during el nino events 
 Percent of Longterm Average for all El Niño Events = 122% , for strong El Niño Events = 132%
 
spring precip for roswell during el nino events 
 Percent of Longterm Average for all El Niño Events = 106% , for strong El Niño Events = 122%
 
spring precip for carlsbad during el nino events 
 Percent of Longterm Average for all El Niño Events = 104% , for strong El Niño Events = 100%
 

Precipitation values for 3-month periods during 18 El Niño Events since 1949-50 are plotted with respect to the long term precipitation average, listed to the right of the graph.  The precipitation totals for each 3-month period are plotted above or below each bar.  Years for which the El Niño Event was considered to be strong are colored in dark green.  "M" represents a 3-month period with missing data. Finally, the percents of long term normal for all El Niño events and for the strong El Niño events are listed below each graph.