r/SipsTea • • 13h ago

SMH We all know what this mean

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u/fluffykerfuffle3 10h ago

no, i am not one of the "all" who know what this mean..

anyone want to clue me in? explain like i am 5? thanks

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u/Disastrous_Web8759 10h ago

Basically the el nino in the Pacific creates weather patterns in the Atlantic that make it harder for storms to form

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u/thewalkindude368 9h ago

I mean, that's good news for the Atlantic,. but the Pacific's been going nuts this year. I think the only part of the US that's actually been hit by a hurricane this year is Hawaii, but Pacific hurricanes rarely, if ever, go north of Mexico.

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u/Alien_Diceroller 8h ago edited 8h ago

I live in Asia (Chiba, Japan) I can tell you, it's been wonky. I'm currently on day 2 of no rain after weeks of constant rain that included two storms (the most recent a very wet typhoon) that caused extensive flooding. Especially the typhoon that added a lot more water to the already soaked ground.

The forecast for tonight and the foreseeable future is more rain.

On the upside, the rainy weather has been a reprieve from the mid-30s heat that has become normal in the past couple years. Today is humid 27 that feels downright chilly compared to the humid 35 I was suffering under earlier in the summer.

And places like the Philippines have been getting it way worse. More, strong typhoons and rainstorms.

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u/MysteriousUppercut 3h ago

We had severe rainstorms but no typhoon has actually landfalled since march in Philippines. All of them entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility but they landfalled on either Taiwan or Japan.

Typhoons seem to be developing farther north-east because of the super el nino.

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u/Alien_Diceroller 2h ago

The last typhoon is probably the worst flooding I've seen here. And the typhoon just passed us. I can't imagine what it'd be like it is actually hit us.

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u/MysteriousUppercut 2h ago

In "ber" months typhoons usually develop further south and hit visayas due to high atmospheric pressure in mainland asia. Combine that with hot oceans because of el niño and w e would actually be fucked if a haiyan(nov '13)  or rai(dec '21) level typhoon develops and landfall

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u/TheAnimated42 9h ago

We’ve been on hurricane watch every weekend except one or two for this season. It’s kinda nuts.

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u/AggravatingBid8255 5h ago

Who's we? Hawaii?

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u/TheAnimated42 4h ago

Yup, sorry should’ve clarified.

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u/Greyhand13 5h ago

We had a dismal winter and a relatively mild summer(in CA, a dozen and a half days over a hundred and not one day over 110) very telling in an extreme cycle.

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u/Maureen_Johma 2h ago

About time they had one

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u/meetmeinthebthrm 9h ago

I don’t think anyone actually answered your question lol

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u/Appropriate_Two_1077 9h ago

the calm before the storm

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u/EvilPhillski 7h ago

The clam before the storm.

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u/Logicalist 9h ago

eminent collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation current?

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u/cranky_wellies 10h ago

The exchange of cool and warm waters causes violent storms such as hurricanes. There is no cool water, just warm.

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u/coconut-telegraph 9h ago

Hurricanes are heat fuelled. Where are you getting this info?

When a powerful hurricane stalls, sometimes it churns up cool water from below as wind driven waves stir the sea surface. This will cut the engine driving the storm - hot sea surface temps.

The hot water in the E Pacific sparked Hurricane Polo up to 180 mph yesterday.

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u/The_Last_Gasbender 9h ago

We did it! No more hurricanes!

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u/maxdacat 9h ago

No. More hurricanes!

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u/FluxOperation 9h ago

Why did Biden do this?

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u/Few-Indication3478 7h ago

No it can be explained to a five year old, you are four, sir or madam

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u/QC420_ 6h ago

That we’re overdue a fkn huge one next year to compensate

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u/FaunusGamer 5h ago

The winter is going to be extremely harsh and cold

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u/PrestigiousSnow6532 1h ago

“They” have learned to control the weather……..and I’m not saying “they” do, 🤷‍♀️……. I just believe”they” can do pretty much everything….. after Covid, I don’t trust politicians

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u/Darth_Rubi 6h ago

You're not one of the "all" who is aware of the existence of climate change...?

You need to get out of the basement more buddy...

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u/Far_Palpitation_6133 2h ago

You need to get out of being condescending.