Tuesday, August 22, 2023

Expected Weather Effects From The Rapidly Intensifying El Niño

Following on yesterday's "ENSO Forecast: It Looks Like This Year's El Niño Is Going To Be Very Strong".

First up, IRI/Columbia with estimates of worldwide precipitation patterns over the next three months:

https://iri.columbia.edu/climate/forecast/net_asmt_nmme/2023/aug2023/images/SON23_World_pcp.gif

....MUCH MORE, including discussion and options for regional displays.

And zooming in on historical U.S. data, first up temperature anomalies, from NOAA's Climate.gov:

https://www.climate.gov/sites/default/files/2021-07/ENSO_winters_ElNino_temp_1240.jpg

(click to enlarge)

 ....MORE, discussion.

And precipitation:

https://www.climate.gov/sites/default/files/ENSO_winters_ElNino_prcp_1240.jpg

....MORE