A Big El Niño Was The Likely Instigator Of Last Week's Blizzard
9 years, 1 month 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 was carried through the atmosphere like a wave when you shake a rope. The leading edge of climate research now, he says, is figuring out the details of how a warming climate is changing weather, and especially whether it's doing so by altering El Niño's strength and behavior. "It's never just an El Niño signature that we experience when we experience any individual winter or any individual weather event," Cullen says.

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El Niño or La Niña? Anomalous temperature pattern keeps confusion alive
1 week, 1 day ago

El Niño or La Niña? Anomalous temperature pattern keeps confusion alive

The Hindu  

It’s that time of the year again. They appeared to validate the presence of cold SST anomalies appearing early in the far eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, which is an expected early symptom of La Niña. Strangely, however, the cold SST anomalies began shifting westward, towards the international dateline, with warm SST anomalies appearing in the far east by early summer …

La Nina, which affects global weather, to be weak and short-lived: WMO
2 weeks, 5 days 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 …

Watch: Warmest January on record, deadline for updated NDCs
1 month ago

Watch: Warmest January on record, deadline for updated NDCs

The Hindu  

January 2025 kept up with the trend of recording hottest average temperatures ever. : El Niño and La Niña are complementary atmospheric patterns that influence warming and cooling of sea surface temperatures in the Central and Equatorial Pacific. While El Nino causes the warming of sea waters in Central-east Equatorial Pacific every few years, La Nina causes cooler than average …

La Niña winter is nearly here. How could the climate pattern affect the US?
5 months, 1 week ago

La Niña winter is nearly here. How could the climate pattern affect the US?

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. As the cool phase of the …

A Rare Coincidence of La Niña Events Will Weaken Hurricane Season
6 months, 3 weeks ago

A Rare Coincidence of La Niña Events Will Weaken Hurricane Season

Wired  

THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. This cooling comes from two climate phenomena with similar names: La Niña, which forms in the tropical Pacific, and the less well-known Atlantic Niña. While La Niña tends to bring conditions ideal for Atlantic hurricanes, the less powerful Atlantic Niña has the potential to reduce some of the …

INCOIS revises outlook, forecasts La Niña from September
7 months, 3 weeks ago

INCOIS revises outlook, forecasts La Niña from September

The Hindu  

Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services has revised the outlook for the probability of La Niña weather condition in Pacific Ocean stating that its evolution is significantly highfromSeptember with a possibility to peak in November and its influence may continue till December with a probability as high as 70%. La Niña usually aids rains in monsoon La Niña, which …

Bye bye, El Nino. Cooler hurricane-helping La Nina to replace the phenomenon that adds heat to Earth
9 months, 1 week ago

Bye bye, El Nino. Cooler hurricane-helping La Nina to replace the phenomenon that adds heat to Earth

Associated Press  

The strong El Nino weather condition that added a bit of extra heat to already record warm global temperatures is gone. “The likelihood of a La Nina coupled with record warm sea surface temperatures is the reason the National Hurricane Center is forecasting an extraordinary hurricane season,” said Kathie Dello, North Carolina’s state climatologist. “States from Texas to Maine are …

The End of El Niño Might Make the Weather Even More Extreme
9 months, 2 weeks ago

The End of El Niño Might Make the Weather Even More Extreme

Wired  

This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The driving forces behind these projections include the alternating Pacific Ocean climate patterns known as El Niño and La Niña, which can create huge shifts in temperature and precipitation across the North and South American continents. After almost a year of El Niño, La Niña is …

Dangerous brew: Ocean heat and La Nina combo likely mean more Atlantic hurricanes this summer
10 months ago

Dangerous brew: Ocean heat and La Nina combo likely mean more Atlantic hurricanes this summer

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Get ready for what nearly all the experts think will be one of the busiest Atlantic hurricane seasons on record, thanks to unprecedented ocean heat and a brewing La Nina. When meteorologists look at how busy a hurricane season is, two factors matter most: ocean temperatures in the Atlantic where storms spin up and need warm water for …

El Niño is on the way out after a record-breaking year of heat
10 months, 2 weeks ago

El Niño is on the way out after a record-breaking year of heat

NPR  

El Niño is on the way out after a record-breaking year of heat Enlarge this image toggle caption Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP via Getty Images Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP via Getty Images The climate pattern known as El Niño is heading for the exit, after a year when it helped drive global temperatures to new records. Sponsor Message Scientists say it's a stark warning …

An El Niño-less summer is coming. Here’s what that could mean for the US
10 months, 3 weeks ago

An El Niño-less summer is coming. Here’s what that could mean for the US

CNN  

CNN — It may be spring, but it’s not too soon to look ahead to summer weather, especially when El Niño – a player in last year’s especially brutal summer – is rapidly weakening and will all but vanish by the time the season kicks into gear. What this summer’s weather could look like El Niño is a natural climate …

‘Humbling, and a bit worrying’: Scientists fail to fully explain record global heat
11 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Humbling, and a bit worrying’: Scientists fail to fully explain record global heat

LA Times  

Deadly heat in the Southwest. But last year’s sudden spike in global temperatures blew far beyond what statistical climate models had predicted, leading one noted climate scientist to warn that the world may be entering “uncharted territory.” “It’s humbling, and a bit worrying, to admit that no year has confounded climate scientists’ predictive capabilities more than 2023 has,” wrote Gavin …

El Niño and climate change are supercharging incoming storm, SoCal’s biggest this winter
1 year, 1 month ago

El Niño and climate change are supercharging incoming storm, SoCal’s biggest this winter

LA Times  

Storm clouds hang over Walton Lighthouse on Thursday in Santa Cruz. “As ocean temperatures warm, and as atmospheric temperatures warm, those rates of evaporation of water vapor into the lower atmosphere are going to increase quite quickly,” Swain said during a briefing Friday. “We’ve now seen this happen at least four times this year in California — in San Francisco, …

Major storm event on the horizon across Australia as El Niño takes a raincheck
1 year, 4 months ago

Major storm event on the horizon across Australia as El Niño takes a raincheck

ABC  

After a near rainless September and October, and the prospect of the driest spring on record, this November has served up a pleasant surprise: it's been raining. By this time next week, parts of fire ravaged New South Wales and southern Queensland may even see very isolated minor flooding following well over a months' worth of rain. Already this week …

El Niño reaches 'strong' intensity, pointing to a scorching 2024 ahead for the planet
1 year, 4 months ago

El Niño reaches 'strong' intensity, pointing to a scorching 2024 ahead for the planet

ABC  

The current El Niño phase of the Pacific Ocean is forecast to peak during the coming months as one of the strongest on record, laying the platform for unprecedented global temperatures through 2024. Hot summer for Australia and record hot 2024 possible The complex relationship between El Niño and weather patterns is especially relevant to Australia where the rainfall impact …

El Niño is affecting weather in the eastern states, but what's it doing to WA?
1 year, 4 months ago

El Niño is affecting weather in the eastern states, but what's it doing to WA?

ABC  

A scorching severe weather season is tipped for Western Australia, with a warm and dry summer expected that the bureau warns could be among the hottest on record. Key points: El Niño is tipped to bring scorching temperatures to Australia's east this summer The main driver behind WA's outlook is a strong positive Indian Ocean Dipole In tandem with El …

Winter forecast: A warmer North, wetter South because of El Nino, climate change
1 year, 5 months ago

Winter forecast: A warmer North, wetter South because of El Nino, climate change

NPR  

Winter forecast: A warmer North, wetter South because of El Nino, climate change Enlarge this image toggle caption Jay Janner/AP Jay Janner/AP The upcoming United States winter looks likely to be a bit low on snow and extreme cold outbreaks, with federal forecasters predicting the North to get warmer than normal and the South wetter and stormier. A strong El …

Forecast predicts an El Nino winter. What does that mean?
1 year, 5 months ago

Forecast predicts an El Nino winter. What does that mean?

Associated Press  

The upcoming United States winter looks likely to be a bit low on snow and extreme cold outbreaks, with federal forecasters predicting the North to get warmer than normal and the South wetter and stormier. A strong El Nino heavily moderates and changes the storm tracks of what America is likely to face from December to February, with an added …

Over 95% chance of El Nino conditions from January-March 2024: U.S. forecaster
1 year, 6 months ago

Over 95% chance of El Nino conditions from January-March 2024: U.S. forecaster

The Hindu  

There is a more than 95% chance that the El Niño weather pattern will continue through the Northern Hemisphere winter from January - March 2024, a U.S. government forecaster said on Thursday, bringing more extreme conditions. El Nino is a warming of ocean surface temperatures in the eastern and central Pacific, and can provoke extreme weather phenomena from wildfires to …

Global warming will make La Niña events longer and more frequent: study
1 year, 7 months ago

Global warming will make La Niña events longer and more frequent: study

Salon  

The El Niño–Southern Oscillation is a cycle which causes periodic variations in the winds and sea surface temperatures over the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean. Through both its warm El Niño phase and its cold La Niña phase, ENSO can cause flooding, heat waves, tropical storms and other types of extreme weather. The La Niña phase specifically is associated with unusually …

How El Niño, climate change and warming oceans could combine to supercharge the world's weather
1 year, 8 months ago

How El Niño, climate change and warming oceans could combine to supercharge the world's weather

ABC  

As the calendar year ticked over to 2023, residents of Western Australia's Kimberley region were fleeing to higher ground as heavy downpours brought water levels to astonishing heights. "There's been a collective feeling of, 'Woah, that's insane' from myself and quite a few of my colleagues this year," Monash University associate professor Ailie Gallant said. A sign of what's to …

Global heat waves show climate change and El Niño are a bad combo
1 year, 8 months ago

Global heat waves show climate change and El Niño are a bad combo

NPR  

Global heat waves show climate change and El Niño are a bad combo Enlarge this image toggle caption David J. Phillip/AP David J. Phillip/AP If there's one kind of weather extreme that scientists clearly link to climate change, it's worsening heat waves. Sponsor Message "Most of the world's population has experienced record-breaking heat in recent days," says Daniel Swain, climate …

Ocean temperatures are off the charts, and El Niño is only partly to blame
1 year, 9 months ago

Ocean temperatures are off the charts, and El Niño is only partly to blame

LA Times  

With the golden glow of the sunset, surfer Dylan Sloan, 15, of Huntington Beach, gets a coveted tube ride while surfing big waves generated by winter storms at the Seal Beach pier in January. “There has never been any day in observed history where the entire North Atlantic has been nearly as warm as it is right now, at any …

Warning El Nino could bring extreme weather from tropical cyclones to drought
1 year, 9 months ago

Warning El Nino could bring extreme weather from tropical cyclones to drought

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Scorching temperatures, tropical cyclones and an influx of extreme weather could be on the way …

Here comes El Nino: It’s early, likely to be big, sloppy and add even more heat to a warming world
1 year, 9 months ago

Here comes El Nino: It’s early, likely to be big, sloppy and add even more heat to a warming world

Associated Press  

An early bird El Nino has officially formed, likely to be strong, warp weather worldwide and give an already warming Earth an extra kick of natural heat, meteorologists announced. “The onset of El Nino has implications for placing 2023 in the running for warmest year on record when combined with climate-warming background,” said University of Georgia meteorology professor Marshall Shepherd. …

Here comes El Nino: It's early, likely to be big, sloppy and add even more heat to a warming world
1 year, 9 months ago

Here comes El Nino: It's early, likely to be big, sloppy and add even more heat to a warming world

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “The onset of El Nino has implications for placing …

El Nino under way, raising fears of extreme weather patterns
1 year, 9 months ago

El Nino under way, raising fears of extreme weather patterns

Al Jazeera  

US climate agency says phenomenon, which leads to warmer temperatures, is back after three years. The El Nino climate phenomenon has arrived and is likely to yield extreme weather later this year, including above average temperatures, scientists at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have announced. Unlike the La Nina climate pattern, which often lowers global temperatures slightly and …

Science-wise: After Hottest Feb, Brace for Scorching Summer, Subpar Monsoon as El Nino Returns
2 years ago

Science-wise: After Hottest Feb, Brace for Scorching Summer, Subpar Monsoon as El Nino Returns

News 18  

The meteorologists have sounded the alarm. After the hottest February on record, it has to now brace for a sweltering summer while waiting for the monsoon rains which are likely to begin under the shadow of a dominating climate system – El Nino. But another worry that looms large is the return of El Nino – a global ocean phenomenon …

An 'El Niño Watch' has been declared — here's what that could mean for Australia's weather in 2023
2 years ago

An 'El Niño Watch' has been declared — here's what that could mean for Australia's weather in 2023

ABC  

The Bureau of Meteorology has simultaneously declared the end of La Niña and an El Niño Watch, indicating a potential rapid shift to hot, dry weather in 2023. Key points: The last Pacific warm phase, or El Niño, developed in 2015 It has a reputation for brining drought and bushfires Experts predict there is a 50 per cent chance of …

El Nino expected to return, likely to fuel spike in global temperatures: WMO
2 years ago

El Nino expected to return, likely to fuel spike in global temperatures: WMO

The Hindu  

A warming El Nino event may develop in the coming months, according to a new update from the World Meteorological Organization. The El Nino event may develop after three consecutive years of an unusually stubborn and protracted La Nina, which influenced temperature and rainfall patterns in different parts of the world, WMO said in a statement. Long-lead forecasts for June-August …

Climate crisis: El Nino may cause spike in temperatures, says WMO
2 years ago

Climate crisis: El Nino may cause spike in temperatures, says WMO

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: A warming El Nino event may develop in the coming months after three consecutive years of La Nina, the World Meteorological Organization said on Wednesday while warning of a likely spike in temperatures globally this year. WMO secretary-general Petteri Taalas said, “If we do now enter an El Nino phase, this is likely to fuel another spike in …

Global temperatures ‘likely’ to see another spike as chances of El Nino increase
2 years ago

Global temperatures ‘likely’ to see another spike as chances of El Nino increase

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. La Nina refers to the large-scale cooling of the ocean surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific …

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 …

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 …

A rare third year of La Niña is on deck for California, forecasters say
2 years, 6 months ago

A rare third year of La Niña is on deck for California, forecasters say

LA Times  

Surfers walk across the sand as fog drifts ashore at sunset at Huntington Beach on Sept. 5. The latest outlook, published Thursday by the National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center, has increased the chances of La Niña sticking around through November to 91%, a near certainty. “It is exceptional to have three consecutive years with a La Niña event,” WMO …

UN weather agency predicts rare ‘triple-dip’ La Nina in 2022
2 years, 6 months ago

UN weather agency predicts rare ‘triple-dip’ La Nina in 2022

Associated Press  

GENEVA — The U.N. weather agency is predicting that the phenomenon known as La Nina is poised to last through the end of this year, a mysterious “triple dip” — the first this century — caused by three straight years of its effect on climate patterns like drought and flooding worldwide. The World Meteorological Organization on Wednesday said La Nina …

Weather’s unwanted guest: Nasty La Nina keeps popping up
2 years, 9 months ago

Weather’s unwanted guest: Nasty La Nina keeps popping up

Associated Press  

Something weird is up with La Nina, the natural but potent weather event linked to more drought and wildfires in the western United States and more Atlantic hurricanes. “They don’t know when to leave,” said Michelle L’Heureux, head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration forecast office for La Nina and its more famous flip side, El Nino. We need …

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, …

La Niña may signal scant relief from California’s seemingly endless loop of hot, dry weather
4 years, 5 months ago

La Niña may signal scant relief from California’s seemingly endless loop of hot, dry weather

LA Times  

After a brief interlude of mild temperatures Saturday, a warm-up is forecast to begin Sunday as upper-level high pressure builds into California, the National Weather Service said. California just recorded its hottest September on record, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the state looks to be stuck in a nearly endless loop of hot, dry weather. Dry, …

La Nina is here, threatening even bigger blazes and storms
4 years, 6 months ago

La Nina is here, threatening even bigger blazes and storms

Live Mint  

The extreme weather that’s hammered California with runaway wildfires and hit Louisiana with its most powerful hurricane in 160 years may be about to get even worse. La Nina -- a phenomenon that occurs when the surface of the Pacific Ocean cools -- has officially formed, the US Climate Prediction Center said Thursday. “We’re already in a bad position, and …

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 …

Manmade climate change effect on weather now as powerful as El Nino phenomenon, meteorologists warn
5 years ago

Manmade climate change effect on weather now as powerful as El Nino phenomenon, meteorologists warn

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The impact of the human-driven climate crisis is now as powerful as the Pacific Ocean …

Threat of El Nino looms
6 years, 8 months ago

Threat of El Nino looms

Live Mint  

New Delhi : Conditions prevailing through the first half of the monsoon season could give way to El Niño toward the end of the season, raising concern over its potential impact on early withdrawal of the monsoon. According to the latest Monsoon Mission Coupled Forecasting System, neutral conditions are likely to persist during the monsoon season which would mean that …

Even without El Nino event Earth sweltered again in 2017, UN's World Meteorological Organisation says
7 years, 2 months ago

Even without El Nino event Earth sweltered again in 2017, UN's World Meteorological Organisation says

ABC  

Last year was the second or third warmest on record behind 2016, and the hottest without an extra dose of heat caused by an El Nino event in the Pacific Ocean, the United Nations says. Key points: Scientists say 2017 was the hottest year recorded without an El Nino boosting temperatures Global average temperature in 2017 was 14.7C, 0.84 degrees …

Large volcanic eruptions can trigger El Niño events
7 years, 5 months ago

Large volcanic eruptions can trigger El Niño events

Daily Mail  

Volcanic eruptions in the tropics can trigger to El Niño events - warming periods in the Pacific Ocean with dramatic global impacts on the climate, a new study has found. Large eruptions trigger El Niño event by pumping millions of tons of sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere, which form a sulfuric acid cloud that reflects solar radiation and reduces global …

What’s behind world’s recent extreme weather events?
7 years, 6 months ago

What’s behind world’s recent extreme weather events?

Al Jazeera  

The past few weeks have seen catastrophic weather events around the world. From heavy monsoon rains and floods in India, Nepal and Bangladesh to a landslide in Sierra Leone that killed 1,000 people, the past few weeks have seen catastrophic weather events around the world. Is climate change to blame for these extreme weather events? Presenter: Hashem Ahelbarra Guests: Nigel …

El Nino has ended, La Nina will take over, says UN
8 years, 7 months ago

El Nino has ended, La Nina will take over, says UN

The Hindu  

The latest El Nino weather phenomenon, which was one of the most powerful on record, has ended but could be replaced by its stormy sister La Nina in the coming months, the U.N. meteorological agency said on Thursday. “Atmospheric indicators that had shown strong El Nino patterns early in 2016 returned to near-average in June and July,” the World Meteorological …

Why did El Niño miss SoCal? It’s complicated, National Weather Service says
8 years, 10 months ago

Why did El Niño miss SoCal? It’s complicated, National Weather Service says

LA Times  

The water levels in Diamond Valley Lake, Southern California’s largest reservoir, are now at the lowest level they’ve been since the lake was filled between 1999 and 2006. A mix of rising global temperatures, mysteriously warmed waters off Baja California and unusually far-reaching storms in the western Pacific Ocean conspired to block this year’s El Niño storms from hitting Southern …

What do the terms El Nino and La Nina mean? How have they affected weather patterns around the world?
9 years ago

What do the terms El Nino and La Nina mean? How have they affected weather patterns around the world?

The Hindu  

The year 2015 has been classified as ‘very strong’ El Nino year. This is best show-cased by alternating El Nino and La Nina of the Equatorial East of the Pacific that lies closer to the Americas. They are part of the El Nino-Southern Oscillation, a climate pattern caused by variations of sea surface temperatures and air pressure tendencies in and …

El Nino weakens a tad, but we won’t feel that for months
9 years, 1 month ago

El Nino weakens a tad, but we won’t feel that for months

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Meteorologists see signs that the super El Nino is weakening ever so slightly, but they caution months will pass before people in the Americas will feel it. That’s technically true, but Michelle L’Heureux, lead El Nino forecaster for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Center, said there’s a few months lag time before the changes affect …

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