NOAA: Last Year’s Strong La Niña is Fading | Conditions Likely to Return to Neutral from Spring through Summer The NOAA, through a recent post on their ENSO (El Niño/La Niña monitoring) blog, has provided us with a March 2018 update and insight into current and future conditions. Tl;dr: Last year’s strong La Niña is fading, with a likelihood that neutral conditions will return between Mar-May and continue through the summer. The below surface sea temperatures of the Pacific, which […] Weather WeatherBrains | March 9, 2018 0 Comments
Study Explains if Recent Drought is a Result of us being in the Second Winter of a Double-Dip La Niña You might have noticed that it has been quite dry over much of the U.S. this winter, with drought expanding across several regions, particularly in the south. As we are currently fully immersed in the second winter of a “double-dip” La Niña, you might wonder if these dry conditions are typical in the second winter of a double-dip La Niña? And are […] Weather WeatherBrains | February 9, 2018 0 Comments
NOAA’s Official February, March, April Outlook for the USA: NOAA recently released its outlook for the rest of the winter in the USA. This outlook covers February, March, and April 2018. This outlook follows a typical La Nina pattern with moisture and cold flowing into the Northern region of the USA with drier, hotter than average conditions in the southern region of the USA. We’ve broken this outlook down […] Weather WeatherBrains | January 24, 2018 2 Comments
Official NOAA January La Nina Update: Summiting The Peak NOAA: January 2018 La Niña Update By: Tom Di Liberto Now that we are smack dab in the middle of winter in the Northern Hemisphere, the time of year when ENSO tends to have its more reliable impacts in the United States, it’s go-time for paying attention to what’s going on in the Pacific. And the latest CPC/IRI ENSO forecast says…[drum roll […] Weather Guest Author | January 11, 2018 0 Comments
Official NOAA December La Nina Update: Double Double December 2017 La Niña update: Double, double by NOAA/Emily Becker December 14, 2017 Our second La Niña year in a row is in full swing now, and is forecast to last through the winter. In November, the average surface water temperature in the Niño3.4 region of the central Pacific Ocean was about 1.0°C cooler than the long-term average. A “double-dip” La Niña is not uncommon—seven La […] Weather WeatherBrains | December 14, 2017 0 Comments
NOAA La Nina Snowfall Map: EXACTLY Who Gets The Most Snow in a La Nina Winter On November 9th 2017, NOAA declared that 2017/18 winter in North America will be a weak La Nina Winter. Today, NOAA has FINALLY shared snowfall maps that show us EXACTLY what we’ve been waiting for: Maps that show us exactly who has gotten above average snowfall during La Nina winters in North America. According to these La Nina snowfall maps, you’ll […] Weather WeatherBrains | November 27, 2017 1 Comment
NOAA: La Nina Pattern Has Moved In & It Is Likely To Persist Throughout The Winter NOAA: La Nina Moves In For The Winter by NOAA November 9th, 2017 A La Nina climate pattern has arrived and is likely to persist through the winter, according to an advisory issued by NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center today. Scientists say there is a greater than 50-percent chance La Nina will also be in place February through April 2018. This […] Weather Guest Author | November 9, 2017 4 Comments
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
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