Following a brief interlude of “neutral” sea surface temperature conditions this summer, La Niña has returned to the tropical Pacific Ocean. The cool phase of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation climate pattern is expected to persist through winter.
Predicting Drought in East Africa
August 29, 2011
2010 Began with El Niño, Ended with La Niña
August 9, 2011
Hot & Cold: Monthly Temperature Anomalies in 2010
August 9, 2011
Two natural climate patterns, the Arctic Oscillation and the El Niño-Southern Oscillation, had strong influences on the patterns of unusually warm and unusually cool spots worldwide in early and late 2010.
Image highlights form the 2011 State of the Climate report.
As far back as August 2010, NOAA's seasonal climate models predicted that rainfall would be heavier than normal across Indonesia and Southeast Asia in early 2011. The cause? La Niña.
Predicting El Niño and La Niña Events
January 26, 2011
The Effects of Climate Change on El Niño and La Niña
January 26, 2011