Increasing chance that El Nino will develop this year

Posted on the US National Weather Service Denver/Boulder facebook page :

ENSO Alert System Status: El Nino Watch

Issued by the Climate Prediction Center/NCEP/NWS and the International Research Institute for Climate and Society.

There is an increasing chance that El Nino will develop sometime this year.

From https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... 529&type=1

El Nino years bode well for our region in that they tend to bring greater winter moisture.

15 inches of snow at Breck yesterday, I don't think it could get much better.