quandary wrote:On that note... I've been waiting to see what will happen in a true La Nina year. It seems like we haven't one of those real big La Ninas in a long time or maybe we're just in a period of constant La Nina with brief El Nino?
I am not to sure what you consider a long time to be but you only have to go back 6-7 years for a fairly strong one. You may not have to wait that long for another one though. Recent space weather events suggest to me that a La Nina is in the making....need to look over data a little better....busy on home front...discussion about it by early next week.
Jim