Issued by CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER/NCEP/NWSand the International Research Institute for Climate and Society11 February 2021 ENSO Alert System Status: La Niña Advisory Synopsis: There is a ~60% chance of a transition from La […]
Record-Breaking Summer on 4 Continents Blamed on Impacts of Climate Change
CNN wire File photo: hot weather in Southern California The summer of temperature extremes just keeps going, with record heat waves this month on all four continents that occupy the non-tropical Northern […]
The blueprint for El Niño diversity
July 2018 A new study isolates key mechanisms that cause El Niño events to differ. Researchers found that the complexity and irregular occurrence of El Niño and La Niña events can be […]
La Niña-like ocean cooling patterns intensify northwestern Pacific tropical cyclones
Another piece in the climate puzzle UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA The intensity and frequency of strong tropical cyclones, as well as cyclone landfalls, has increased in recent decades in the northwestern […]
Ethiopia: Learning from the impact of past La Niña events
REPORT from UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Aug 15 2016 Context The Horn of Africa and Ethiopia specifically are prone to cyclical droughts and flooding linked to the global […]
Alert! La Niña Warning 2018
Early warning – early action analysis for a potential La Niña in 2016 – 2017 This report highlighted the expected 2016-17 La Niña which did not unfold the way it was expected. […]
UK set for 2 months of HEAVY SNOW and BLIZZARDS: NOAA issues rare La Nina winter advisory
BRITAIN is facing the most savage winter freeze for half a decade as climate experts warn a La Nina Pacific Ocean cooling could trigger months of heavy snow and blizzards. By NATHAN RAO […]
It looks like we’re in for another La Niña winter. What does that mean?
A quick refresher on what “the little girl” actually is. By Sara Chodosh 10-16-2017 Are we in for snow, or just rain? It seems like every year there’s some talk of El Niño or La […]
La Nina conditions expected winter 2017-2018, what does this mean for the Valley?
OCTOBER 13, 2017, BY CHRISTINA EDWARDS Earlier this week, the Climate Prediction Center — a division within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA — indicated that the winter of 2017-2018 […]
Variability in Barbados’ Rainfall Pattern: An El Nino/La Nina Perspective
Sonia Nurse Deputy Director (Ag) Barbados Meteorological Services Issued October 2011 Posted 7-24-2017 Introduction Although El Niño and La Niña events are characterized by warmer or cooler than average sea surface temperatures […]