[pct-l] Fw: [DCSAR] Interesting and ominous weather predication

[Jeffrey Olson]

If  you wanted to base a hiking forecast on the two-week weather 
forecast, and the 3 month forecast here - http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/ 
- then you might want to plan a SOBO hike starting in mid-June.  This is 
the ideal college graduate's hike!~!! 

Even though it's too early to know, it's fun to guess!

Jeffrey Olson
Martin, SD

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>   What do these amounts of snow this far out mean for PCT hikers?
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>   > Currently, the strong El Nino is reaching its peak in the Eastern Pacific, and now finally appears to be exerting an influence on our weather. The strong jet has been apparent for quite some time out over the open water, but the persistent block had prevented it from reaching the coast. Now that the block has dissolved completely, a 200+ kt jet is barreling towards us. Multiple large and powerful storm systems are expected to slam into CA from the west and northwest over the coming two weeks, all riding this extremely powerful jet stream directly into the state. The jet will itself provide tremendous dynamic lift, in addition to directing numerous disturbances right at the state and supplying them with an ample oceanic moisture source. The jet will be at quite a low latitude over much of the Pacific, so these storms will be quite cold, at least initially. Very heavy rainfall and strong to potentially very strong winds will impact the lower elevations be
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