Climate Change: Ocean Heat Content This article first appeared on climate.gov and was written by LuAnn Dahlman and Rebecca Lindsey on August 17, 2020 Rising amounts of greenhouse gases are preventing heat radiated from Earth’s surface from escaping into space as freely as it used to. Most of the excess atmospheric heat is passed back to the ocean. As a result, upper ocean heat content has […] Weather WeatherBrains | August 5, 2021 0 Comments
August Climate Outlook From NOAA Climate Prediction Center This article originally appeared on climate.gov and was written by Tom Di Liberto on August 3, 2021. As the calendar shifts to the dog days of summer, many of us are wondering whether the summer will end as it began. The August 2021 outlook from NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center looks to answer that. For some, especially those in the Southwest, the […] Weather WeatherBrains | August 5, 2021 0 Comments
NOAA: Very Wet July for Much of Southwest, Super Hot Across the Pacific Northwest and Portions of the Great Basin July was “very wet” across much of the Southwest as the North American Monsoon continued for a good part of the month, according to the NOAA. The organization reported that it was also a very hot month across the Pacific Northwest and portions of the Great Basin. Meanwhile, August and September are expected to produce an especially active hurricane season. […] Weather WeatherBrains | August 2, 2021 0 Comments
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