El Nino – 2010 Looking Good for Moisture?

Posted by Jim Kimmons, Broker/Owner • December 15, 2009 • Printer-friendly

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OnTheSnow.com is predicting a great winter or two for Taos due to the El Nino weather pattern that's developing. Of course, a site that is all about winter activities may be prone to over-state, so I also checked out Accuweather.com, and on their forum found this quote:

"I've been forecasting a warmer and wetter winter for most of North America in Winter 2010, plus, just before this coming winter arrives, increasing rains for the Far West, stretching into the Inter-mountain west, and the Pacific Northwest, heavy rains in the Southwestern Desert states and Southeastern U.S."

I don't ski, but wish the best for the ski areas. I do go to the woods in search of mushrooms (the edible kind), and this could be good news, as this past year wasn't a good one for them.