Is La Nina affecting wind volume and velocity in California?

Subject: Is La Nina affecting wind volume and velocity in California?

Date: Fri May 21 16:19:04 1999
Posted by Owen Brown
Grade level: nonaligned School: No school entered.
City: San Francisco State/Province: CA Country: USA
Area of science: Earth Sciences
ID: 927321544.Es

Message:


We on the West Coast are subject to prevailing winds from the 
Pacific during most of the year.  This is particularly true in 
San Franciso, where during the spring and summer you sometimes 
need to be nailed down.  Anecdotal evidence suggests that the 
winds have been much worse this year then in past years.  Does 
meterological data support this?  Is it a function of El Nino/La 
Nina?

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