Highlight: Emerging drought risk quarter 2 of 2021: Central and southern Great Plains/Central Europe. Fig. 1: The global NOAA/CPC global soil moisture anomaly analysis for February 2021 and annotated 3-month soil moisture change. February 2021 global soil moisture 3-month trend discussion: Most-striking is the difference between the Americas as a potential severe drought risk in…
Highlight: As ENSO shifts toward neutral phase, the mid-latitude SSTA patterns gain relevance on influence to the 2021 climate. Executive summary: La Nina 2020-21 was moderate-strength. In recent weeks, a choppy character to the intensity of La Nina has developed. The choppiness most likely represents weakening of La Nina. Forecast models and analogs indicate neutral…
Fig. 1-2: Comparing the GFS and ECM precipitation amount forecasts for the March 10-15 storm. The Great Plains early spring storm: The super warm short-term regime across the Great Plains will steadily ease as a cold front moves south and stalls in the central/south Great Plains and northeastward through late week/weekend focusing heavy rain, severe…
Chart of the day: The February 2021 state temperature rankings. Discussion: The U.S. ranked 19th coldest given the 127-year climatology in February 2021. The arctic outbreak during the middle third of the month forced the cold national ranking. Each state in the central and southern Great Plains to Missouri/Arkansas ranked in the top 10 coldest…
Fig. 1: Statewide temperature rankings for February 2021. February discussion: The U.S. ranked 19th coldest given the 127-year climatology in February 2021 (Fig. 1). The arctic outbreak during the middle third of the month forced the cold national ranking. Each state in the central and southern Great Plains to Missouri/Arkansas ranked in the top 10…
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