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03/02/2026, 1:31 pm EST
Northern Africa, Southern Europe, and into the Middle East develop an impressive low latitude storm track. Central Europe to West/Southwest Russia and most of the Black Sea region are drier than normal.
03/01/2026, 6:40 am EST
During February, robust warming of the equatorial Pacific Ocean subsurface was observed and supports an El Nino ahead climate signal. The last months when the entire equatorial Pacific subsurface were warmer than +1.0C was observed during April-June 2023 when Nino34 SSTA was +0.88C by June on the way to +1.99C by December. Multivariate ENSO index (MEI) shifted to an El Nino supporting +0.5 in June (2023) peaking at +1.1 in December.
02/26/2026, 12:09 pm EST
Prohibitive rain has drenched Central and South-central Australia in February. Parts of northeastern New south Wales and interior Western Australia were drier than normal.
02/25/2026, 8:15 am EST
Eastward shifting of the Madden Julian oscillation from north of Australia to The Dateline over the next 2 weeks is increasingly likely and with intensity which will promote expansion of the warm U.S. pattern eventually including the snowbound Northeast U.S. The Central/East-central U.S. turn wet!
02/23/2026, 5:25 am EST
Memory of the winter 2025-26 upper air pattern has featured a semi-permanent polar vortex over the Northeast U.S. Once again, another potent storm within that semi-permanent trough pattern today batters the Northeast U.S. as a blizzard.
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Heavy Rain Continues in Australia; Queensland Primary Target. Possible 3 Tropical Cyclones This Week!
As many as 3 tropical cyclones are forecast to affect the northwest, north, and east coastlines in the latest 10-day rainfall outlook for Australia according to ECMWF. The core of the heavy rain (and extended range) is across Queensland.
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Comparing U.S. and Europe Springtime Rainfall Forecasts
The U.S. meteorological spring 2026 precipitation anomaly forecast is wet biased across the Mid-south U.S. and vicinity stretching into parts of the East U.S. Above normal precipitation is (also) projected for the Great Basin. The Climate Impact Company constructed analog (CIC-CA) forecast is similarly wet across the Mid-south U.S. but drier in the Midwest U.S. Both forecasts are drier than normal on the U.S. West Coast.