Weak El Nino continued into April. Our blogger discusses the "here & now" and the forecast for spring and summer.
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New York City faces a growing risk of higher temperatures and more frequent and intense heat waves. The Consortium for Climate Risk in the Urban Northeast (CCRUN), a NOAA RISA team, partnered with the health department and others to address the impacts of extreme heat on city residents.
Rapid snowmelt across the Northern Plains led to widespread river flooding along the Missouri and Mississippi River systems in spring 2019.
How did the 2018-2019 Winter outlook do? Tom Di Liberto takes you through what happened in this week's ENSO blog.
A wet winter and an increased chance of a wetter-than-normal spring boost the probability for moderate to severe flooding along many rivers in the Great Plains from North Dakota to Texas and in the Northeast.
El Niño conditions continued into March. What do forecasters think is next?
Antarctica has not responded as quickly to climate change as the Arctic, but Earth’s southernmost continent is still losing ice. Ice shelf disintegration and glacier acceleration in Antarctica could raise global sea level significantly, and the effects would be keenly felt along U.S. coastlines.
A deadly tornado tore through eastern Alabama as part of a broader tornado outbreak across the southeastern United States during the beginning of March 2019
NASA ice expert Claire Parkinson confirms that global sea ice coverage has continued its overall downward trend since her original analysis was published in 2015.
Why did atmospheric El Niño conditions fail to develop this past fall? Our blogger tries to unravel the mystery of the missing central Pacific rainfall.