Climate Impact Week 2-4 Outlook: Australia

Highlight: Wet weather confined mostly to northern Australia. Week 2 Ahead: March 11-17, 2018 Comment: Monsoonal trough stretches across far northern Australia triggering locally heavy rains while to the south most of Australia is drier than normal. Anomalous warmth west and east portions while South-Central AU is cool. Week 3 Ahead: March 18-24, 2018  Comment:…

Climate Impact Week 2-4 Outlook for the U.S.

Highlight:  Cool West bias. MJO influence to drive excessive rainfall awaits very late March/early April (at earliest) in the East-Central U.S. Week 2 Ahead: March 11-17, 2018 Comment: The Indian Ocean location of MJO historically favors cooler temperatures across the U.S. That cooler trend is indicated. The cooler regime is helped by above normal March…