Climate Impact Report: More Short-term Heavy Rains East Australia; Extended-range Adjusted Wetter!

Highlight: Excessive rain East Australia in the short-term; longer-term also trends wetter. Charts of the day: Last week’s rainfall and the 5-day rainfall forecast. Discussion: Last week featured more heavy rain centered on northeast New South Wales. In the 5-day forecast, ECM indicates excessive rainfall and considerable flood risk in both Queensland and New South…

Climate Impact Report: Warm Pattern Shifts to Great Plains

Charts of the day: Atmospheric rivers soak Western Canada and shifting southward toward northern California the next 2 weeks. Discussion: Helped by an east-shifting Madden Julian oscillation (MJO) the orientation of the Pacific “Atmospheric River” Storm Track shifts from the southwest Pacific toward Hawaii and northeastward into western North America brining extreme precipitation amounts that…