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This Atlantic Basin Hurricane Season Forecast 2016 is based on the current and projected El Nino Southern Oscillation Index (ENSO), current and projected global sea surface temperature anomalies and past analogs. [s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] Current SSTA’s. Based purely on the fact we are seeing the development of a La Nina following a strong El Nino, one could jump to the […]
70 percent likelihood of 10 to 16 named storms May 27, 2016 NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center says the 2016 Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from June 1 through November 30, will most likely be near-normal, but forecast uncertainty in the climate signals that influence the formation of Atlantic storms make predicting this season particularly difficult. […]
It’s a busy run up to the big Memorial Day weekend with deepening trough in West and building ridge in East. We’re likely to exceed the 90-degree mark for the first time this year in DC, possibly New York and Boston but the west-east contrast, strong storm and strong jet, this week is a big week for […]
AccuWeather 2016 Atlantic Hurricane Season Forecast AccuWeather Forecast: Named Storms: 14 Hurricanes: 8 Major Hurricanes: 4 U.S. Named Storm Landfalls: 3 The potential movement of a ‘cold blob’ of water in the North Atlantic Ocean may be the wild card in the 2016 Atlantic hurricane season, experts say. The cold blob refers to a large, […]
Article from weather.com The 2016 Atlantic hurricane season forecast released Thursday from Colorado State University calls for the number of named storms and hurricanes to be near historical averages. A total of 12 named storms, five hurricanes and two major hurricane are expected this season, according to the forecast prepared by CSU, which is headed […]
A lack of late winter snowpack and persistent high pressure has dried out the soils and built the heat early over Western Canada. With a gusty wind thrown in for good measure, the stage was set for what could be one of Canada’s worst wildfires. Here’s the Omega blocking pattern responsible for driving summer warmth north early. Core of heat […]
The 2016 El Nino has dominated the entire global weather circulation, driving the warmest winter on record for some across the Northern Hemisphere. However, it’s vast influence isn’t waning despite the El Nino waning with waters cooling dramatically off South America’s west coast. As expected in a Super El Nino’s weakening phase, a large low pressure system crossing […]
In the past week, a powerful cyclone crossed our planet’s most northerly civilisation, Norilsk, located 250 miles north of the arctic circle, 1,800 miles NE of Moscow in north-central Siberia. Storm force winds gusting to 67 mph (strongest in 5 years) blew roofs clean off buildings, snapped traffic lights in two, blew pedestrians off their feet and even spun a […]
Chris Beal has been keeping us updated through the past week on the extreme cold experienced over Greenland. Early to mid last week, an unusually cold surface high sat over the remote central Greenland research outpost of Summit Camp. As a result of the clear cold, largely windless atmosphere above the vast icecap which makes up most of […]
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