El Nino is coming, for better or worse, depending on perspective
El Nino’s big surf, high tides and warm water aren’t all bad, weather nerds Richard Dickert and Chris Brown explain, if you’re a surfer. by Kevin Cody Words of caution and expressions of glee were given equal measure during an El Nino Fireside Chat by Richard Dickert and Chris Brown at the California Surf Club on Tuesday, September 22. Dickert is a meteorologist, LAX aviation weather observer, and former broadcaster for Fox 11 Los Angeles. Brown owns CampSurf and hosts the California Surf Club Fireside Chats. Both are self-described weather nerds. Weather nerds Richard Dickert and Chris Brown describe the pros and cons of the upcoming winter’s “very strong” rated El Nino to guests at the California Surf Club on Tuesday, September 22. Photo by Kevin Cody. Purchase photos here Their cautions over El Nino were rooted in NOAA’s recent forecast for the strongest El Nino since NOAA began keeping records in 1950. “NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center models indicate a 90 percent chance of this being a very strong El Niño event,” Dickert said. What Brown described as a “conga line of hurricanes” off of Mexico prompted Governor Gavin Newsom to declare a state of emergency last week in…
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