BAD snow omen. Really BAD

[damian 0]

Giant jellyfish with bodies the size of washing machines have turned up off the central coast of Japan in their largest numbers in decades..

 

The jellyfish, which are about a metre wide and weigh as much as 150 kg, began appearing in the Sea of Japan in mid-August, near Echizen, a town in the Fukui prefecture, Katashi Sugimoto, a prefectural fisheries official, said.

 

The species, identified as stomolophus nomurai, was first found in the Sea of Japan in 1920, said Toru Yasuda, a marine biologist formerly at Fukui University. It was originally discovered in the East China Sea.

 

But fishermen haven't caught the jellyfish in such large numbers since 1958, he said.

 

"We don't know what caused it (the population surge)," Yasuda said. "One possible reason is the abnormally warm water temperatures."

[miteyak 0]

1. 1958-was that a warm winter?

 

2. You forgot the other bad omen... all this early snow.

[jared 0]

correct me if Im wrong but doesnt warm water mean more precipitation ie snow. cos it should be still cold enough even it its a couple of degrees warmer than usual.

[damian 0]

I should just point out that I was not being serious.

 

Warmer sea level = more precipitation? I think that is a yes and no... it depends where you are relative to teh warm currents and how they interact with the air temp.

 

El nino is caused by warm currents being where they normally are not. It has caused yet again a huge drought in Oz.

[mogski 0]

If all this proves to be true and the precipitation is lacking we can always try to do what this guy called Hatfield did in California. Make clouds that will dump! (In his case it was rain, but I am sure the same would work for snow.)

 

P.S. Saw this all on telly the other night.

[Will Lee 0]

Dump `em, baby! I saw the bad omen on NHK news last week too. They said their winter prediction/forecast for East and West Japan is, "dan-to-kei-ko," which translates roughly into warmer than usual winter. JUST LIKE LAST YEAR! But they also said Hokkaido wouldn`t be affected..so I`m planning to go up there at least 3 times.

[Oh-Hairy-One 0]

Whilst we all are eagerly awaiting for winter to really begin, I just ignore these things. They say a different thing every time anyway. Not worth listening to.

[goofy 0]

Don't worry dudes, look at the start we've had

[oblivion 5]

The latest I heard (last night) was that Tohoku - and down to Gifu - and Hokkaido will have a good snowfall, but it will be warm down south.

[Yuki's Passion 1]

Mogski,

 

was that the NHK special where Japan had a drought for like 8 years and the Japanese guy created rain? It also included those two (american?) brothers who created rain too. Maybe they can seed the clouds and create more snow for us!!