El Nino and La Nina
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With just a couple of days left in the official winter season, we can see that the region as a whole was much drier than normal for the last 90 days, as we would expect in a La Nina winter, even though it was a fairly weak event. The temperature across the region is expected…
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NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center noted that they are updating the index they use to track the rise and fall of El Nino and La Nina to a new index that is less affected by the trend towards rising temperatures than previously-used indices. Here is what they say: “The Climate Prediction Center is making the shift…
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NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center issued their latest ENSO outlook today. It shows that La Nina is still hanging on in the Eastern Pacific Ocean and has even gotten slightly stronger this month. But the forecast continues to show a transition to neutral conditions is coming soon with a likely swing to El Nino by late…
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The Farm Journal/AgWeb had an interesting story this week about the transition from La Nina and swing to El Nino and how weather conditions associated with each pattern affect planting and crop growth across the United States. As you might expect, the dry conditions we have had here in the Southeast could affect seed germination…
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The latest ENSO outlook was posted today by NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center. It shows that La Nina conditions are still present in the Eastern Equatorial Pacific Ocean, but they are weakening. The new forecast is still indicating that the La Nina is likely to swing back to neutral conditions during the January through March period…
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NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center issued their latest ENSO discussion earlier this week. In the discussion, they discussed the current weak La Nina that is present in the eastern Pacific Ocean and the recent observations of changing tropical winds that indicate the La Nina may disappear quite soon. The latest prediction is that the transition has…
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NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center posted their latest seasonal outlook today. The pattern it shows for the next month and three month periods are very consistent with what we expect from a weak La Nina. This is not a surprise because that is our current ENSO state. Most of the Southeast is expected to be warmer…