NOAA: U.S. Winter Temperatures For Every El Niño Since 1950 NOAA: U.S. Winter Temperatures For Every El Niño Since 1950 By: Rebecca Lindsey The tropical Pacific climate pattern known as “ENSO,” which is short for El Niño-Southern Oscillation, has its strongest influence on the U.S. climate during winter (December-February). El Niño in general acts to tilt the odds toward wetter- and cooler-than-average conditions across much of the South, and toward drier and […] Weather Guest Author | October 24, 2018 0 Comments
NOAA’s 2018-19 El Niño Winter Outlook | Another Mild Winter? ENSO Blog: Another mild winter? NOAA’s 2018-19 winter El Niño outlook Author: Mike Halpert The air is starting to feel crisp, the leaves are changing, and the aroma of pumpkin spice lattes are filling your favorite coffee shops. This can only mean one thing – it’s time for my annual post on NOAA’s expectations for the upcoming winter! And once […] Weather WeatherBrains | October 23, 2018 0 Comments
THIS Is What El Nino Does To The USA: Here is some interesting snowfall data for El Niño years. These maps show the average October through April snowfall anomalies for El Niño years from 1950 to 2009. The maps show the anomalies for all El Niños, weak El Niños, and strong El Niños. We are expecting a weak El Niño this year, which looks promising for above average snowfall, […] Weather WeatherBrains | October 22, 2018 0 Comments
NWS: El Nino Does Not Guarantee a Wet Winter for California and Is Little Help in Predicting Snow El Nino: Recent Science and Forecast For Winter 2018-2019 This post was first published on the NWS Reno Blog SUMMARY POINTS (tl;dr)… 1. EL NINO DOES NOT ALWAYS MEAN A WET WINTER FOR CALIFORNIA! Warming of the tropical Pacific Ocean with El Nino (or cooling with La Nina) is one of the only predictable features for seasonal (beyond 1-2 months) […] Weather WeatherBrains | September 28, 2018 0 Comments
What Is El Nino? | What Causes El Nino? What is El Nino? This is a great question for a North American to ask. El Nino is hyped, pumped, and referred to ceaselessly in our region. Despite feeling very familiar with weather and weather patterns, we here at SnowBrains didn’t actually know what exactly caused El Nino. After watching this video, now we do. We never realized that El […] Brains WeatherBrains | September 21, 2018 1 Comment
NOAA: 65-70% Chance of El Nino This Winter September 2018 ENSO Update: by Emily Becker/NOAA September 12, 2018 What’s happening in the exciting world of ENSO prediction? I’ll tell you! While neutral conditions reign right now, we’re still expecting El Niño conditions to arrive later this fall (50-55% chance). By winter, the chance of El Niño conditions increases to about 65-70%. The now Things are definitely looking pretty neutral right now in […] Weather WeatherBrains | September 13, 2018 1 Comment
Wildfires and El Niño Could Result in an Epic Snow Year for California, Weather Experts Claim Total acres burned in wildfires in California exceeded 1 million for the year this weekend according to the National Interagency Fire Center, and the NOAA have been predicting a 70-percent chance of El Niño this winter. What could those 2 statistics possibly both have in common? According to Michael Pechner, the Bay Area’s weather wizard, those two factors might just […] Weather WeatherBrains | August 21, 2018 0 Comments
NOAA: August 2018 ENSO Update: How’s the Winter El Niño Developing? August 2018 ENSO update: game show edition Author: Emily Becker By nearly all measurements, the tropical Pacific is comfortably gliding along in ENSO-neutral conditions, and forecasters expect that will continue through the rest of the summer. The chance that our old buddy El Niño will be around during the fall is about 60%, rising to 70% by winter, and the […] Weather WeatherBrains | August 11, 2018 0 Comments