With La Nina now firmly in place, producers are starting to think about what that means for crop and fruit production next year. We know that La Ninas tend to bring warmer and drier than normal weather to most of the Southeast, and this one is expected to be fairly…
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The North Carolina Climate Office posted their winter outlook earlier this week. It is no surprise that it reflects what we know about the current La Nina. While the signal of La Nina is not as strong in North Carolina as it is in northern Florida and Alabama and Georgia,…
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According to NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, we have a 100 percent chance of a La Nina through winter, and a better than 90 percent chance through early spring. After that, the probability drops but stays above 50 percent through the March-May period before we go into the typical low probability…
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While those of us in the Southeast have experienced plenty of rain this year, large parts of the country have been fighting drought and heat. This has caused plenty of problems for farmers in the middle of the country, and they are worried that the effects of La Nina this…
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The latest La Nina advisory was released today by NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center. It shows that a strong La Nina signal is in place in the eastern Pacific Ocean and that the winds are now in sync with the ocean conditions. This means that La Nina is likely to continue…
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In this blog we often talk about the impacts of El Nino and La Nina about the local climate. But the combination of the two, called ENSO for El Nino Southern Oscillation, also affects the climate across many other parts of the world, causing floods in some places and droughts…
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With a La Nina advisory in effect, that means we can expect to see several months of La Nina conditions across the Southeast, although the strength of the signal will depend on how strong and how long the La Nina is. Here is a good general discussion on the likely…
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