precipitation

Global Precipitation & Temperature Outlook for April 2017

Global Precipitation & Temperature Outlook for April 2017

The forecast for April 2017 indicates much warmer than normal temperatures for many parts of the world, with exceptional warm anomalies in Russia, the Arabian Peninsula, India, southern Myanmar, Madagascar, northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Alaska, Yukon Territory, and Northwest Territories. Much of northern Russian is forecast to be wetter than normal, along with Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam.

Global Precipitation & Temperature Outlook for March 2017

Global Precipitation & Temperature Outlook for March 2017

The March 2017 Outlook indicates drier than normal conditions in southern California and eastern Brazil, and wetter than normal conditions in Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, Paraguay, and Namibia and neighboring African nations. The forecast for many parts of the world is for much warmer than normal conditions including: Europe, Russia, Yemen, Queensland (Australia), Madagascar, Brazil, Cuba, and southwestern Mexico.

When it rains...it pours

When it rains...it pours

More intense precipitation events are occurring worldwide in both dry and wet climates. What has changed is the overall temperature constraint in the system. When the globe is warmer, there is more energy to work with. More heat - that is, more energy - begets more intense precipitation, and the possibility of more floods and more droughts. The most immediate threats of warming result from the changing risks of extreme weather. Unlike sea level rise which is real but less perceptible, this influence is already upon us and apparent.

Global Precipitation & Temperature Outlook for June 2016

Global Precipitation & Temperature Outlook for June 2016

The outlook for June 2016 shows a dominant pattern of many severe to exceptionally warmer than normal temperatures - particularly in Brazil, North Africa, Southeast Asia, and Indonesia - along with a few pockets cooler than normal. Exceptional wet anomalies are forecast for portions of Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia.  Severe to extreme wet anomalies are forecast for portions of Texas, Mexico, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan. Dry anomalies are forecast for portions of Uruguay, Brazil, Spain, Ethiopia, and India.

Global Precipitation & Temperature Outlook for May 2016

The Outlook for May 2016 includes the forecast of exceptional precipitation in Venezuela's Orinoco watershed. Much hotter than average temperatures are forecast to dominate much of Southeast Asia and Indonesia, along with many other parts of the world.