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- Department:June 25, 2015
...but it's still a seasonal forecaster's best friend.
- Department:June 11, 2015
There’s a very high probability that El Niño will continue through the fall and early winter, and it could become a strong event.
- Department:June 5, 2015
Scienitsts find connection between El Niño and fewer spring tornadoes in the south-central United States.
- Department:June 4, 2015
Everyone's asking if the arrival of El Niño guarantees that 2015 will set a new record for warmest global temperature. In his latest blog, Deke Arndt explains why it's possible--maybe even likely--but not guaranteed.
- Department:May 28, 2015
El Niño is the 800-pound gorilla for the winter climate in the U.S., but in summer, it's more like a 6-pound Chihuahua.
- Department:May 14, 2015
AgroClimate.org is an open-source suite of tools and resources tailored to farmers and ranchers in the southeastern United States.
- Department:May 4, 2015
How much warmer or colder than average would sea surface temperatures be in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean in April 2015? That's the question we asked participants to answer in our new online game, in which players pit their predictive powers against experts’ opinions. The answer is in...
- Department:April 30, 2015
Why is it so difficult to make a good ENSO prediction during the Northern Hemisphere spring?
- Department:April 20, 2015
A new analysis suggests that in the winter following a La Niña, dryness in California often deepens into drought. Consistent with that pattern, California’s current drought began in 2011-12, during the second year of a La Niña episode.
- Department:April 9, 2015
El Nino conditions strengthened in March. Where do forecasters think we're going from here?