While the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA) congratulates itself for projecting forecasts of an El Niño winter for 2009-2010, canine weather prognosticator O'Doul the Collie claims victory over to federal agency.
As Dog Denizens of Genesee Park (DDGP) readers know, Mount Baker resident O'Doul the Collie began shedding his winter rough coat in volumes that the collie's owner Tony said contradicts NOAA's El Niño predictions.
Winter storms that took place in March and April have built up the local snowpack with compilations in locales ranging roughly between 70 and 120 percent of normal accumulations.
"He's very pleased with his victory," said O'Doul's spokesman, Tony. This winter's snowfall demonstrated how "screwed" the NOAA's scientifically trained experts are, Tony said.
Tony chided NOAA prognosticators for sounding alarms with warnings of potential drouts during the summer. In February 2010, local snowpacks ranged from 60-to80 percent of normal. Meteorologists then warned of potential drought situations this summer. But late-spring snowfalls have negated the El Niño characterizations... and vindicated O'Doul the Collie.
Consider the statistics collected by the Northwest Weather and Avalanche Center in Seattle measuring local snowpacks as of April 15:
- Crystal Mountain (86 inches, 91 percent of normal winter accumulation);
- Hurricane Ridge (111 inches, 102 percent);
- Mount Baker -- the one up north near Canada (184 inches, 111 percent);
- Paradise Ridge (162 inches, 95 percent);
- Snoqualmie Pass (56 inches, 78 percent);
- White Pass (53 inches, 120 percent).
- Stevens Pass (86 inches, 91 percent)
"Nature triumphs over science," Tony said, adding that O'Doul's winter prognostications "have never been wrong."
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