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experiencing above normal (> 100%) precipitation while ‘El Nino’ years contain a high <br />degree of variability. An example of this generally observed pattern can be seen in <br />Figure 11 <br />. <br />Figure 11. Relationship of the Jul-Nov. SOI vs. District 71 Dec.-Mar. basin avg. precip. <br />However, there is still a non-random influence on precipitation from the Atlantic indices <br />(NAO and AMO). Despite all of the attention of the ENSO variables there appears to be <br />some steering influence offered by the Atlantic Ocean as well. <br />Table 4. Summary of singleseasonDec.-Mar. Precipitation/HCIRelationships for the San <br />Juan/Doloresbasin(‘X’ indicatesa relativelystrong relationship and’O’ indicatesa relatively weak <br />relationship). <br />PDOMEISOINino 3.4 NAOAMO <br />District 30 XX <br />OO <br />District 32 XXOO <br />District 34 <br />OO <br />District 71 XX <br />OO <br />B - April to June Precipitation (single season) <br />For the sake of simplicity, all four Districts exhibit the same characteristics over <br />this period with the AMO and MEI/SOI exhibiting reasonable correlations. Districts 32 <br />20 <br />