February 17, 2020 Jennifer Fitchett Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography, University of the Witwatersrand Many parts of Kenya have been experiencing torrential rainfall for a couple of months now. This has resulted in floods and landslides. The unusual weather can be attributed to the Indian Ocean Dipole. This is the difference in sea […]
DIAGNOSTIC DISCUSSION Issued by CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER/NCEP/NWS and the International Research Institute for Climate and Society 9 January 2020 ENSO Alert System Status: Not Active Synopsis: ENSO-neutral is favored through Northern Hemisphere spring 2020 (~60% chance), continuing through summer 2020 (~50% chance). During December 2019, near-to-above-average sea surface […]
November 29th 2019 Mario PicazoMeteorologist, PhD The Pacific Ocean has been experiencing stronger El Niños and La Niñas since the industrial revolution. That’s the conclusion of a recent study examining the past 50 years, with a focus on the strongest events. Lead researcher Kim Cobb, from Georgia Institute […]
November 19, 2019 Only 2016 — remember El Niño? — was hotter. By Theresa Machemer By global temperature, this October was the second-hottest October on record, according to a report from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information. And by their Global Annual Temperature Rankings Outlook, 2019 will probably […]
The Helix’s first user is Dr. Michael Glantz, a social scientist who has been studying the impacts of the El Niño climate system since 1974. He runs the Consortium for Capacity Building (CCB), a research group based at the University of Colorado. The CCB is focused on influencing […]
By Brian K Sullivan November 14, 2019, Weather across the U.S. may be less predictable this winter with forecasters unable to depend on the strong influences of the El Nino and La Nina climatic events. The odds that neither will develop have risen to 69% for December through February, […]
The ability to predict an El Niño at least a year ahead could help threatened countries better prepare for impacts, from flooding to drought. Thomson Reuters Foundation Thursday 7 November 2019 The complex El Niño weather pattern that can bring disastrous heavy rainfall and long droughts to countries around […]
