Rainy Day.

2-4-16 SHORT HILLS: We had heavy, warm rain yesterday that lasted until evening. This morning it’s still in the fifties and only the plowed or drifted piles remain.

 The intense El Niño persists. It will probably last until next summer. They usually continue for a year, more or less. This one started in March of last year. The strongest since 1950 was in ’97-’98, and it lasted 13 months. The current one may be stronger and longer. The data is at this web site:

http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/ensostuff/ensoyears.shtml

Ground fog occurs....

As the rain....

Melts the snow.

Fog and snow gone for now.