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A wet week across Western Canada

EXTREMES | An 'atmospheric river' of Pacific moisture unloaded over British Columbia

By Daniel Bezte November 30, 2021

There has been a lot going on in the weather across Western Canada, with record rains in British Columbia, fairly early and significant snows across much of the Prairies, and global temperatures still running warm despite La Niña. So, in this article I will go over the latest global temperatures and take a look at

Opinion, Weather

El Niño conditions are developing in the Pacific

We know La Niña and El Niño both have an effect on weather — but predicting it is still a real challenge

By John Kemp May 16, 2017

El Niño conditions are developing across the Pacific with an increasing probability that a full-fledged El Niño episode will occur during the second half of 2017. Pacific equatorial winds have slackened since the start of the year and a characteristic tongue of warm water has begun to form stretching from Peru towards the international dateline.

Weather

Possible El Niño developing this summer

Any large-scale change in the state of the Pacific is bound to have an impact elsewhere

By Daniel Bezte February 27, 2014

I received an email the other day asking about El Niño and what effect it might have on our part of the world, should one develop. For quite a while now the Pacific has been in a neutral El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phase, but there is some mention of an El Niño event possibly

News, Weather

U.S. forecasters wary of drought after missing 2012 surprise

By Christine Stebbins April 9, 2013

Reuters / The U.S. drought of 2012, the worst since the dust bowl years of the 1930s, sent world food prices to record highs. The long, dry summer cost the government a record $16 billion in crop insurance payments. The Mississippi River shrank in the heat, and barge traffic slowed to a trickle. And U.S.

News, Weather

U.S. weather forecaster drops El Niño watch

By Reuters November 21, 2012

Reuters / The U.S. national weather forecaster has called off its El Niño watch five months after raising the alert as it is now less likely that the much-feared phenomenon that can wreak havoc on global weather will emerge. Since June, the weather forecaster had predicted that El Niño conditions, essentially a warming of waters

Cereals, News, Weather

El Niño less likely, but Aussie crops still affected

By Colin Packham October 17, 2012

The chance of an El Niño weather pattern has declined in the last two weeks, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology said on Oct. 9, but the east coast of Australia is likely to stay dry for the rest of the year as a result of a warmer-than-average Indian Ocean, threatening greater crop loss. Pacific Ocean

News, Weather

El Niño short and weak

September 17, 2012

Reuters / El Niño weather conditions have emerged but will likely be weak and short lived, New Zealand scientists said Sept. 4. El Niño is a warming of sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific that occurs every four to 12 years. “Borderline El Niño conditions are present in the tropical Pacific, and a weak,

News, Weather

WMO sees increased chance of El Niño in 2012

By Tom Miles July 30, 2012

There is a slight chance of El Niño weather conditions developing between July and September but the strength of any such event, usually associated with significant changes in precipitation, is unknown, the World Meteorological Organization said June 26. El Niño is characterized by unusually warm ocean temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific. In

International news, News

Climate change blamed as hotter Australia faces more intense rains, droughts

By David Fogarty March 23, 2012

(Reuters) Australia faces a quickening pace of climate change, according to a snapshot of the nation’s weather. A new government report says rainfall trends are changing and temperatures warming across the country. The report, compiled by the Bureau of Meteorology and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, comes after 18 months of record rains

International news, News, Weather

La Niña seen fading between March and May

March 5, 2012

La Niña, a weather phenomenon usually linked to heavy rains and flooding in Asia-Pacific and South America and drought in Africa, seems to have reached its peak and is expected to fade between March and May, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said Feb. 10. A weak to moderate La Niña pattern has cooled the tropical

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Tag Archives Sea surface temperature

A wet week across Western Canada

El Niño conditions are developing in the Pacific

Possible El Niño developing this summer

U.S. forecasters wary of drought after missing 2012 surprise

U.S. weather forecaster drops El Niño watch

El Niño less likely, but Aussie crops still affected

El Niño short and weak

WMO sees increased chance of El Niño in 2012

Climate change blamed as hotter Australia faces more intense rains, droughts

La Niña seen fading between March and May

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