NEWS CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
Predicts El Nino Conditions to be expected next spring or early summer
EL NINO – THE WARM PHASE OF THE ENSO CYCLE
ENSO – EL NINO/SOUTHERN OSCILLATION
FORCED OR FORCING – GENERALLY REFERS TO WARM OCEAN SURFACE TEMPERATURES IN THE TROPICAL OCEANS WHICH SUCCESSIVELY INFLUENCE THE STRENGTH OF TROPICAL CUMULUS CONVECTION – THE TROPICAL LARGE-SCALE ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION – THE JET STREAMS AND FINALLY – THE MIDDLE LATITUDE CIRCULATION.
THE JANUARY-FEBRUARY-MARCH (JFM) 2016 TEMPERATURE OUTLOOK FAVORS ABOVE-NORMAL
TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL U.S., NORTH OF THE 40TH PARALLEL, ALONG
WITH MUCH OF THE WESTERN U.S.
Learn more about the expected precipitation here.
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