VIDEO: Official NOAA Winter Outlook 2017/18 for the USA “Both observations and computer models suggest La Nina is likely to develop.”- Mike Halpert, deputy director of NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center NOAA just released their latest Winter Outlook for 2017/18 in the USA today. NOAA has also issued a La Nina Watch and they’re stating in this video that they think La Nina will be ‘likely’ for the USA this winter. NOAA […] Weather WeatherBrains | October 19, 2017 1 Comment
Official NOAA El Nino Update: Extreme Neutral! August 2017 ENSO update: Extreme neutral! by Michelle L’Heureux/NOAA August 10, 2017 Now that it’s summer in the Northern Hemisphere, we’re more firmly on the other side of the infamous spring barrier. So, forecasters have growing confidence that this coming winter in the Northern Hemisphere will most likely be a continuation of “ENSO-Neutral,” and dominated by near average temperatures across the Pacific […] Weather Guest Author | August 10, 2017 0 Comments
NOAA’s Official El Nino Update: 35-45% Chance of El Nino This Winter July 2017 ENSO update: Holding steady by Nat Johnson/NOAA July 13, 2017 Editor’s Note: Welcome to Dr. Nat Johnson, our newest ENSO blogger! Nat is an associate research scholar who is affiliated with Princeton University and NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory. He has an extensive research record studying large-scale climate dynamics, with a special focus on predictability of subseasonal-to-seasonal timescales (hello ENSO!). We’re excited to have him on our team. The latest […] Weather WeatherBrains | July 21, 2017 0 Comments
Official NOAA El Nino 2017 Update: No More El Nino Forecast for 2017… June 2017 ENSO update: pancake breakfast Author: Emily Becker/NOAA June 8, 2017 A change is afoot! After months of suggesting an elevated chance for El Niño to develop, the CPC/IRI forecast has flattened out, and neutral conditions are expected (50-55% chance) to continue through the fall. A recipe for neutral In fact, the Nino3.4 region (a key ENSO monitoring area in […] Weather WeatherBrains | June 9, 2017 0 Comments
EL NIÑO Is Expected To Arrive This Summer | The Warmth Could Be Short Lived NOAA El NINO Press Release: EL NIÑO/SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO) DIAGNOSTIC DISCUSSION issued by: CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER/NCEP/NWS & The International Research Institute for Climate and Society 11 May 2017 ENSO Alert System Status: Not Active Synopsis: ENSO-neutral and El Niño are nearly equally favored during the Northern Hemisphere summer and fall 2017. ENSO-neutral persisted during April, with near-average […] Weather Chris Wallner | May 14, 2017 0 Comments
Official NOAA El Nino Update for April 2017: Chance of El Nino By Late Summer April 2017 Enso Update: Tropical Pacific Ocean In Conflict Author: NOAA/Anthony Barnston April 13th, 2017 The tropical Pacific Ocean has been giving mixed signals recently, making a forecaster’s job even more difficult! In short, many of the computer models we use are predicting the development of El Nino over the next several months, but current conditions in the tropical Pacific […] Weather Chris Wallner | April 14, 2017 0 Comments
VIDEO: La Niña & El Niño Explained in Less Than 2 Minutes [arve url="https://youtu.be/wVlfyhs64IY"] Sergei Poljak | October 20, 2016 0 Likes 3 Tweets 0 Comments
No El Nino & No La Nina… | What Do ENSO Neutral Conditions Mean for California This Winter? NOAA recently canceled its La Nina Watch. NOAA is currently forecasting an ENSO (El Nino Southern Oscillation) Neutral winter (meaning no El Nino nor La Nina). Unfortunately, California is more often than not DRY during ENSO Neutral years. Lake Tahoe just had its driest summer on record… “Odds are becoming more likely that ENSO neutral conditions will prevail this […] WeatherBrains | September 26, 2016 0 Comments
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