Following on "U.S. Drought Moving East, Crosses 98th Meridian", three graphics from IRI/Columbia Uni.
First up, the plume of model predictions for the ENSO 3.4 area of the Pacific (5°N - 5°S; 120°- 170°W): La Niña shifting to neutral conditions over the next 4-6 months:
This was a fairly deep La Niña, bottoming at around a 1.5°C temperature anomaly:
And the precipitation probability map for the next three months. Still dry in the U.S. Southwest/Mexico; wet in Australia:
