A stubborn La Nina and manmade warming are behind recent wild weather, scientists say
2 years, 2 months ago

A stubborn La Nina and manmade warming are behind recent wild weather, scientists say

NPR  

A stubborn La Nina and manmade warming are behind recent wild weather, scientists say Enlarge this image toggle caption Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group via AP Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group via AP In a world getting used to extreme weather, 2023 is starting out more bonkers than ever and meteorologists are saying it's natural weather weirdness with a bit of help from human-caused climate change. Sponsor Message "All the ingredients are in place for two weeks of wild weather especially in the Western U.S.," private meteorologist Ryan Maue said in an email. This extreme weather has "a silver lining," especially with the record heat in Europe in January easing winter heating fuel crunches caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, said Colorado meteorologist Bob Henson of Yale Climate Connections. Sponsor Message Weather is naturally extreme "so the recent events we've been seeing can occur naturally," said Weather Underground co-founder Jeff Masters now at Yale Climate Connections.

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La Nina, which affects global weather, to be weak and short-lived: WMO
3 weeks, 1 day ago

La Nina, which affects global weather, to be weak and short-lived: WMO

India Today  

The World Meteorological Organisation has announced that the current La Nina event is likely to be short-lived, with forecasts indicating a return to ENSO-neutral conditions in the coming months. La Nina, characterised by cooler-than-average sea surface temperatures in the equatorial Pacific, typically brings climate impacts opposite to those of El Nino, affecting tropical regions significantly. La Nina affects global weather …

Volatile Climate Splits Weather Agencies on El Niño Messaging
1 month ago

Volatile Climate Splits Weather Agencies on El Niño Messaging

Live Mint  

-- Predicting the onset and intensity of the weather-roiling El Niño and La Niña events is crucial for global markets, and meteorologists need to get the messaging right or risk sparking confusion and backlash. “When the forecasts end up being so wrong, that has a huge effect on us,” said Rhys Turton, a crop farmer in Western Australia and the …

Unusually Intense Flooding in Spain: Two Climate Change Theories Loom
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Unusually Intense Flooding in Spain: Two Climate Change Theories Loom

Associated Press  

Spain is experiencing another devastating flood due to a combination of climate change and the unusual weather patterns affecting the region. At least 95 people have been killed in the flooding, with an ocean-based flood causing a flash drought in the United States. Scientists are exploring the potential connections between climate change and the recent floods, with some suggesting that …

Wild weather driven by roiling Pacific, nature and warming
2 years, 2 months ago

Wild weather driven by roiling Pacific, nature and warming

Associated Press  

In a world getting used to extreme weather, 2023 is starting out more bonkers than ever and meteorologists are saying it’s natural weather weirdness with a bit of help from human-caused climate change. “I’d describe the jet stream and bomb cyclones as a runaway Pacific freight train loaded with moisture,” said Maue, former chief scientist of the National Oceanic and …

EXPLAINER: Stuck jet stream, La Nina causing weird weather
3 years, 3 months ago

EXPLAINER: Stuck jet stream, La Nina causing weird weather

Associated Press  

America’s winter wonderland is starting out this season as anything but traditional. Meteorologists attribute the latest batch of record-shattering weather extremes to a stuck jet stream and the effects of a La Nina weather pattern from cooling waters in the equatorial Pacific. On Thursday, 65 weather stations across the nation set record high temperature marks for Dec. 2, including Springfield, …

Op-Ed: Heat waves, wildfires, floods — what’s with all the extreme weather?
3 years, 8 months ago

Op-Ed: Heat waves, wildfires, floods — what’s with all the extreme weather?

LA Times  

Houses are submerged on the overflowed riverbanks in Erdorf, Germany, as the village flooded July 15. Western Europe’s heavy rains and flooding are just one example of extreme weather caused by the jet stream. The jet stream is the large band of strong wind that makes your flight from the U.S. to London shorter, and it plays a crucial role …

NOAA’s La Niña watch could signal a dry winter for Los Angeles
4 years, 8 months ago

NOAA’s La Niña watch could signal a dry winter for Los Angeles

LA Times  

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued a La Niña watch earlier this month, meaning that conditions are favorable for development of a La Niña in the next six months. A La Niña typically means a dry winter across the southern United States, including Southern California. But NOAA predicts that there’s a 50% to 55% chance of our current neutral …

Wet weather warning system breakthrough can predict summer washouts ‘months in advance’
7 years, 3 months ago

Wet weather warning system breakthrough can predict summer washouts ‘months in advance’

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Washout summers can be predicted months before the UK and …

Scientists warn of 'global climate emergency' over shifting jet stream
8 years, 8 months ago

Scientists warn of 'global climate emergency' over shifting jet stream

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Two environmentalists have declared a “global climate emergency” after the Northern …

A Big El Niño Was The Likely Instigator Of Last Week's Blizzard
9 years, 2 months ago

A Big El Niño Was The Likely Instigator Of Last Week's Blizzard

NPR  

A Big El Niño Was The Likely Instigator Of Last Week's Blizzard Enlarge this image toggle caption Yana Paskova/Getty Images Yana Paskova/Getty Images If you've been digging out of snowbanks lately, as many people in the East have been after a record-setting blizzard, blame the oceans. Sponsor Message Climate scientist Michael Mann at Penn State says that warm wet air …

This has been a month of extreme weather around the world
9 years, 9 months ago

This has been a month of extreme weather around the world

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Even for a world getting used to wild weather, May seems stuck on strange. A stuck jet stream, with a bit of a split, explains the extremes in Texas, India, Alaska and the U.S. East, but not the typhoons, Francis says. Other possible factors contributing to May’s wild weather: the periodic warming of the central Pacific known as …

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