News
01/16/2018, 10:51 am EST
Mature phase La Nina is in-place and projected to end during northern hemisphere spring. ENSO phase for the second half of 2018 is uncertain. ECMWF projects a trend toward El Nino.
01/10/2018, 4:33 pm EST
A stratospheric warming event occurring Dec. 21-25 across northern Canada caused an arctic air mass to emerge in southern Canada touching the northern U.S. Dec. 24-28. The southern periphery of the arctic cold gained snow cover in the following days with resurgent following arctic air growing more intense as the polar vortex intensified and snow cover widened/deepened. The result for early January in the Midwest/East U.S. was a record to near record cold for the first 6-7 days of the New Year.
01/09/2018, 1:45 pm EST
Historic cold in the U.S. with 80-year record heat in Australia while conventional storms bring 100 mph wind to New Zealand and Switzerland...why? An unusually strong negative phase of the global atmospheric angular momentum index.
01/08/2018, 10:26 am EST
Sydney, Australia roared to 117F over-the-weekend, the hottest day in 80 years. Foreshadowing this event is the super warm ocean surface east of Australia. More super heat for eastern Australia is likely for summer 2017-18!