Climate Impact Report: Drought Concern Areas Into Early 2022 Are Southern Great Plains and Northeast Argentina
Northeast Argentina to Southeast Brazil and the southern Great Plains/Texas are drought watch areas in the 3-month outlook.
Climate Impact Report: Why A Polar Vortex Pattern Is Inevitable During January in North America
Based on the January 2022 SSTA forecast, a polar vortex pattern in North America is likely.
Climate Impact Report: Great Plains Drier Trend in Medium-range; Northern Plains Chill Days 11-15
Highlight: Southeast/Mid-Atlantic trend warmer. Climate Signals Chart (adding Asia/Bering Sea/North America index) Days 6-10 Days 11-15 Arctic Oscillation Weak Positive Neutral North Atlantic Oscillation Weak Positive Neutral Pacific North America Weak Negative Neutral West Pacific Oscillation Negative Neutral East Pacific Oscillation Neutral Neutral Madden Julian Oscillation Indonesia West Pacific Ocean Asia/Bering/N.A. Negative Neutral Stratosphere…
Climate Impact Report: Severe Thunderstorms Pound Queensland; Wet To Dry Flip Argentina December
Highlight: Severe thunderstorms pound Queensland, heavy rains to shift into New south Wales. Wet pattern in Argentina flips drier in December. Fig. 1: Weather satellite view of Australia. Source: The Weather Channel Australia discussion: Severe thunderstorms are unloading buckets of rainfall across north and northeast Queensland today (Fig. 1) as a vigorous cold front is…
Climate Impact Report: Climate Signals Support Less Intense Temperature Anomalies
Climate Signals Chart (adding Asia/Bering Sea/North America index) Days 6-10 Days 11-15 Arctic Oscillation Weak Positive Neutral North Atlantic Oscillation Weak Positive Neutral Pacific North America Neutral Neutral West Pacific Oscillation Negative Weak Negative East Pacific Oscillation Weak Negative Weak Negative Madden Julian Oscillation Indonesia West Pacific Ocean Asia/Bering/N.A. Negative Weak Negative Stratosphere Cooling…
