Here’s a look at what these weather events are, why they happen, and whether scientists think they’re getting stronger.
However, we will still see some lingering effects from La Niña with periods of hot weather, especially across western Canada.” LEARN MORE: Why does your long-range forecast change so often? This year’s strengthening El Niño could also have significant...
Stanford University climate scientist Rob Jackson put it in starker terms. “I think we have missed the 1.5 degree window,” said Jackson, who chairs the Global Carbon Project, a group of scientists who track countries’ carbon dioxid...
The drought challenges facing the canal will deepen as the El Nino effect in the first six months of next year lowers the water levels and extends waiting times driving up costs, the market analyst said. Extended queues of ships at either end of the Panama Canal have been caused this year ...
Douglass, Knox, Curtiss, Geise and Ray (DKCGR) have used the fact that the climate system is presently in a phase-loxked state of period 3 years to state (December 2016) that the next El Nino episode may show a maximum at about November of 2018. We present an updated analysis and ...
Jack: "No - yet this caused many playful arguments with my grandmother who swore by it." Lou: Are there any conditions you are seeing right now that are cause for alarm or excitement? Jack: "Hard to say. We’re heading into a stronger El Nino this year, but that doesn’t ...
Let's look at where the atmospheric variables stand heading into this winter, and what they may mean for the months ahead! We usually start out talking about the state of ENSO, theEl Nino Southern Oscillation. Last year we had a strong El Nino event which is just about guaranteed to prod...
Stanford University climate scientist Rob Jackson put it in starker terms. “I think we have missed the 1.5 degree window,” said Jackson, who chairs the Global Carbon Project, a group of scientists who track countries’ carbon dioxide emissions. “There’s too ...
We come to the last storm included in our 9 'Hall of Fame' blizzards that have happened in Colorado. This was a storm that happened right on top of Thanksgiving that year bringing over 21 inches of snowfall. Colorado Blizzard Hall of Fame: The Blizzard of 1983 ...
"we're one month away from where we should see impacts this winter," says mike halpert, noaa's deputy climate prediction director, who delivered the news. the only way to predict those impacts is by looking at the past. the graphic up top shows this year's el niño compared to 1997...