MarketsFarm — The U.S. National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center on Thursday reported a 65 per cent chance of El Nino prevailing throughout 2019’s growing season. “A weak El Nino is likely to ...
La Niña Definition La Niña is one half of the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) cycle—when the east-central tropical Pacific turns cooler than average and the Walker circulation (the prevailing ...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) confirmed this shift on Thursday, Jan. 9. La Niña is part of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), a natural climate phenomenon that ...
ENSO events peak in the Northern Hemisphere winter, and there’s just not a lot of time for La Niña to strengthen," NOAA forecasters stated. La Niña is considered to be the cool phase of the El ...
The last two years saw average global temperatures exceed a critical warming limit for the first time, Europe's climate monitor said Friday, as the UN demanded "trail-blazing" climate action. While ...
An El Niño weather pattern—La Niña’s counterpart—brought the warmest winter on record last year. La Niña conditions emerged in December and will likely persist through April, though the ...
However, there are still known impacts of La Niña events that occur at this time of year. The map below shows the January to March rainfall footprint from past La Niña events, with above average rain ...