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03/01/2020, 3:15 pm EST
A possible contibutor to the spread of COVID-19 in China is a wetter than normal winter climate pattern. A National Institute of Health (NIH) study in 2013 found that flu spreads more easily in cold and dry OR cool and wet climate patterns during winter. China has observed a milder than normal winter with wet conditions.
03/01/2020, 10:38 am EST
Internationally, the emerging MJO stretched across Indonesia and backing into the eastern tropical Indian Ocean teh next 2 weeks supports dryness in South America and a wet climate in Australia backing into Southeast Asia with time. Southeast Asia is very dry and needs the rain. Argentina heat becomes impressive with the projected dryness.
11/29/2019, 8:19 am EST
The amount of rainfall to take the Australian drought out of the 10th driest percentile is a whopping 2 to 4 times normal across much of Eastern Australia.
11/21/2019, 11:33 am EST
A comparison betwen the constructed analog forecast produced by Climate Impact Company and the probabilistic climate forecast issued by NOAA/CPC for winter, spring and summer ahead.