October 2021 - Page 4 of 5 - Climate Impact Company

10/12/2021, 4:18 pm EDT

East Pacific Oscillation Is The Climate Signal To Watch For Winter Cold Risk

Due to a combination of warmer than normal SSTA in the middle/northern oceans and a constricted polar ice cap, the East Pacific oscillation (EPO) has become the primary climate index to identify polar vortex patterns which cause could outbreaks into the U.S.

10/11/2021, 5:02 am EDT

U.S. Temperature/Precipitation Rankings for Mid-to-Late Summer 2021

JUL/AUG/SEP 2021 was the 3rd hottest on record given the 127-year climatology and 15th wettest in that time period. Most impressive was the record wet climate during that time for New York, Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

10/11/2021, 4:33 am EDT

Q4 of 2021: Soaking wet Brazil/Australia; drought SE Brazil to Argentina.

Record warm SSTA in the South Atlantic tropics is the catalyst for a wet climate which defeats Brazilian drought into the summer 2021-22 season. The wet pattern is compensated for by a dry climate in Southeast Brazil to northeast Argentina where drought develops. Meanwhile regenerating La Nina brings a wet climate to Australia.

10/08/2021, 10:25 am EDT

After Short-term La Nina, Neutral ENSO Will Persist

The Climate Impact Company constructed analog ENSO phase forecast using Nino34 SSTA reveals a short-term evolution of La Nina followed by mostly neutral ENSO by next March lasting into mid-2023.