El Nino and La Nina
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NOAA released their latest update on the current La Niña today. It indicates that La Niña is still occurring in the eastern Pacific Ocean but that it is likely to last for only a few months before going back into neutral conditions. The chance of an El Niño for next winter also seems to be…
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The rampant wildfires that have been affecting the Southeast over the last month have caused a lot of heartache. Certainly some of the blame for the wildfires can be put on the exceptional drought that is occurring over the region (which may in turn be partly linked to the weak La Niña occurring now), and…
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Corey Davis of the State Climate Office of North Carolina continues his series of blog posts on weather patterns that might affect our winter conditions in the Southeast in his latest post this morning. La Niña will be one big influence on our upcoming winter, but there are other patterns in play too. You can…
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Today NOAA put out a La Niña Advisory for conditions in the eastern Pacific Ocean. This advisory replaces the La Niña Watch that has been active on and off for the last few months. This means that colder than normal water temperatures have been present along the equator in the eastern Pacific Ocean for long…
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Wired has a good and basic story about how NOAA produces La Niña watches and why they sometimes flip-flop on what they are expecting. You can read it at https://www.wired.com/2016/10/la-ninas-not-whatever-lets-la-nina-winter/. https://www.wired.com/2016/10/la-ninas-not-whatever-lets-la-nina-winter/
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The Guardian posted a story this week describing the negative impacts of recent climate extremes on wine production around the world. Among the hardest hit areas is South America, which could particularly affect the production of malbec, a popular variety from Argentina and Chile. South Africa is set to report a 19% fall, but the…
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Last month, NOAA declared that based on the most recent data, the chance of a La Niña developing was only about 40 percent, and they removed the La Niña watch that they had declared earlier this summer. One month later, and the La Niña watch has returned with a 70% chance of occurring. The change…