Bruce Lee Weather predicted to break El Niño Records
The 2015-2016 El Niño, nicknamed Bruce Lee, is scheduled to hit southern California sometime in December and last until March of next year. According to predictions made by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA), the 2015-2016 El Niño is likely to be the largest in history.
“There is an approximately 95% chance that El Niño will continue through Northern Hemisphere winter 2015-16, gradually weakening through spring 2016,” according to the NOAA.
The El Niño season will bring weather anomalies including above average temperatures and above average rainfall in southern California, though precipitation levels are not expected to end the current drought.
Like the martial artist and movie actor, Bruce Lee, El Niños do have a history of becoming violent. According to the Los Angeles Times, storms from the 1997-1998 El Niño created more than 550 million dollars in damage and led to 17 deaths in California. Already, the abnormally warm Pacific coastal waters have led marine life, including great white sharks, closer inland. This year, several of these apex predators have been spotted in San Francisco Bay at times which are atypical for the migration patterns of the species.
Action has been taken to prepare for the El Niño season. According to the Thousand Oaks city website, the flood control channels and storm drain inlets have been cleared, locations which are prone to flooding have been mapped, and city officials have also coordinated storm preparation, and planned meetings with the Police and Fire Departments, the American Red Cross and the Park District.
As it says on the TO city’s website, “It is everyone’s responsibility to be safe, prepared, and not scared,” of this Bruce Lee winter weather.
