Amazingly, ENSO doesn't just impact climate anomalies like temperature and precipitation over the United States. It can also influence the sea level, which may have major implications as the sea level continues to rise in the future.
Wondering how strong any potential El Niño might be this winter? Maybe you should look to the South Pacific for clues.
In this week's ENSO blog, Tom DiLiberto gets all judgy over the 2017-2018 Winter Outlook—using science of course.
How this winter's temperature swings may have been partially driven by the Madden Julian Oscillation or MJO.
La Niña usually means a drier than average water year for California. So what happened in 2016-2017 when a weak La Niña coincided with a remarkably wet water year?
Counting the California wildfires as a single event, the U.S. experienced 16 weather or climate disasters costing at least $1 billion dollars, tying the year with 2011. Total estimated cost was a record-setting $306.2 billion.
Herein lies the answer to the question you all have been asking: What about snow?
The Climate Prediction Center's Mike Halpert dives into the 2017-2018 winter outlook, and talks about how La Niña winters today are different from La Niña winters of the past.
The forecast of ENSO is not the only thing scientists use when making seasonal forecasts. This post looks at another predictor that often is even better to use than ENSO.
It’s been a tough few weeks weather and climate wise. Big events generate lots of questions, so this edition of Beyond the Data will address several I’ve heard recently, and several I asked myself.