May 2023 - Climate Impact Company

News

05/30/2023, 3:19 pm EDT

Chilly Regimes Increasing a Freeze Risk to the Brazil Coffee-Growing Areas During Mid-Winter Not Tied to ENSO Since 1995

Since 1995, chilly temperature regimes in or very near the Brazil coffee growing areas during mid-winter (July) have occurred in 11 years. The average temperature anomaly of the 11 analog years is coolest just west of the coffee growing areas.

05/30/2023, 8:20 am EDT

U.S. May 2023 Wind Speeds Below Normal Due to -SOI

During May 2023 U.S. wind power generation was below normal on both zonal and meridional directional scales. Wind power generation areas across the Upper Midwest/Midwest U.S. and southwest Great Plains/Western Texas were each affected by the lighter than normal wind speed regimes. The macro-scale driver of the lighter wind speeds was an El Nino-like climate as defined by a vigorous negative phase of the southern oscillation index.

05/29/2023, 9:16 am EDT

Midwest U.S. Continues to Dry Out

Soil moisture anomalies continue to trend drier across the Midwest U.S. Strong dryness extends from the central Great Plains to the Mid-Atlantic region. The GFS 15-day rainfall outlook maintains the dryness across most of the areas trending drier during May.

05/29/2023, 9:06 am EDT

Climate/Agriculture Research: Status of Global Marine Heat Waves (and Warm Holes)

Marine heat waves (MHW’s) and oceanic warm holes are not new. However, their presence, intensity, and persistence has intensified during the past 10 years. Currently, Climate Impact Company (and other government/research centers in the U.S. and New Zealand) are monitoring 5 MHWs.