Word: rasmusson
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Meteorologist Oswaldo Garcia notes that there are some disturbing similarities between the present El Niño and the 1877 episode, which may have contributed to flooding in California and a warm winter in the U.S., followed by an unusually hot summer. Eugene M. Rasmusson, a climate analyst at the National Weather Service in Washington, D.C., says that he and his colleagues "will be watching very closely through the autumn" just in case the present El Niño should gain a second wind. But with fingers only slightly crossed, Rasmusson adds: "The odds are very strongly against that...
...warm, wet air ordinarily hangs over Australia and Indonesia, while the eastern side of the Pacific is covered with relatively dry, cool air. Not so in 1983. A high-pressure pattern is locked over Australia, while the South American coast is awash with heavy, humid air. Says Eugene Rasmusson, chief climate analyst of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): "Every few years there is a seesaw effect, and there are dramatic results around the earth...
...international investigation that would call for additional monitoring of Pacific water and atmospheric conditions. Scientists think that the money for the project would be well spent, since the events off South America affect not only local fishermen but much of the rest of the world. As NOAA's Rasmusson explains, "When one part of the atmosphere moves, another part feels the kick." This year the kick has been particularly powerful...
Harbor Master Uffe Jansson, who went aboard the sub, later said he found the atmosphere "panic-loaded." Said Jansson: "About ten of the men were running in circles around each other." But Gunnar Rasmusson, a Swedish submarine commander for eight years, was sympathetic to the Soviets. Said he: "It's torture to hear how the boat in hard weather slams on the rocks lying right under it. The sound rings through the whole boat. You can't stand still, you can't eat, you can't drink. To be idle locked in a submarine can break...