<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Next three months warmer and drier than average? September 20, 2018 prediction maps below indicate this trend...</div><div><br></div><div>But look at the 1972-3 (with other winters) strong El Nino temperature map... Pacific Northwest colder than average! Article on El Nino winters since 1950 at bottom.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.climate.gov/sites/default/files/ENSO_USimpacts_temp_newONI_lrg.jpg">https://www.climate.gov/sites/default/files/ENSO_USimpacts_temp_newONI_lrg.jpg</a></div><div dir="ltr">---------------------------------------</div><div>Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett</div><div>---------------------------------------</div><div>
<p> <b>ENSO: Recent Evolution, Current Status and Predictions </b></p><p><strong>1 October 2018</strong></p></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/lanina/enso_evolution-status-fcsts-web.pdf">http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/lanina/enso_evolution-status-fcsts-web.pdf</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><p align="LEFT"><b><font size="4">
"There is a 50-55% chance of El Niño onset during the Northern Hemisphere fall 2018 (September-November), increasing to 65-70% during winter 2018-19.* "</font></b></p><p align="LEFT"><strong>-------------------------------------</strong></p><p align="LEFT"><strong><a href="http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/long_range/lead01/off01_temp.gif">http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/long_range/lead01/off01_temp.gif</a></strong></p><p align="LEFT"><img src="http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/long_range/lead01/off01_temp.gif"></p><p align="LEFT"><strong>------------------------------------------------------------------------------</strong></p><p align="LEFT"><strong><a href="http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/long_range/lead01/off01_prcp.gif">http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/long_range/lead01/off01_prcp.gif</a></strong></p><p align="LEFT"><img src="http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/long_range/lead01/off01_prcp.gif"></p><p align="LEFT"><strong>---------------------------------------------------<br></strong></p><p align="LEFT"><strong><a href="https://www.climate.gov/news-features/featured-images/winter-temperature-patterns-every-el-ni%C3%B1o-1950">https://www.climate.gov/news-features/featured-images/winter-temperature-patterns-every-el-ni%C3%B1o-1950</a></strong></p><div class="gmail-field gmail-field-name-title gmail-field-type-ds gmail-field-label-hidden"><div class="gmail-field-items"><div class="gmail-field-item even"><h2>Winter temperature patterns for every El Niño since 1950</h2></div></div></div><div class="gmail-field gmail-field-name-field-author gmail-field-type-taxonomy-term-reference gmail-field-label-inline gmail-clearfix"><div class="gmail-field-label">Author: </div><div class="gmail-field-items"><div class="gmail-field-item even"><a id="gmail-anch_25" href="https://www.climate.gov/author/rebecca-lindsey"><font color="#0066cc">Rebecca Lindsey</font></a></div></div></div><div class="gmail-field gmail-field-name-field-published-date gmail-field-type-datetime gmail-field-label-hidden"><div class="gmail-field-items"><div class="gmail-field-item even"><span class="gmail-date-display-single">February 5, 2016</span></div></div></div><font size="5"><p><font size="2">The tropical Pacific climate pattern known as "ENSO," which is short for El Niño-Southern Oscillation, has its strongest influence on the U.S. climate during winter (December-February). El Niño in general acts to tilt the odds toward wetter and cooler than average conditions across much of the South, and toward drier and warmer conditions in many of the northern regions. El Niño's influence, however, is more reliable on precipitation than temperature, as these maps show. </font></p><p><font size="2">The collection of maps at right show the difference from average (1981-2010) winter temperature (December-February) in each U.S. climate division during strong (dark gray bar), moderate (medium gray), and weak (light gray) El Niño events since 1950. Years are ranked from strongest El Niño (top left) to weakest (bottom right)‚ based on the maximum seasonal Oceanic Niño index value observed. </font></p><p><font size="2"> These maps were published on our ENSO blog as part of the </font><a id="gmail-anch_43" href="https://www.climate.gov/news-features/blogs/enso/what-expect-winter-noaa%E2%80%99s-outlook-reveals-what-conditions-are-favored"><font color="#0066cc" size="2">2015-16 winter outlook post</font></a><font size="2"> by Mike Halpert, Deputy Director of NOAA's Climate Prediciton Center. In it, he pointed out that compared to precipitation, temperature patterns are much less consistent, even during the strongest events. In the top row, which shows winter temperatures during the four strongest (not including the ongoing event) El Niños in the historical record, the first two events seem to share a pattern in which all but the bottom left quadrant of the country is much warmer than average.</font></p><p><font size="2">But then that pattern is broken for the next two strong events, during which the U.S. experienced a cooler than average winter almost everywhere, save for a few small pockets of slightly warmer than average temperatures whose location isn't the same in both years.</font></p><p><font size="2">This variability from one E Niño to the next is one reason why CPC scientists always talk about seasonal climate outlooks in terms of "odds," "chances," or "probabilities"—not guarantees. The latest </font><a id="gmail-anch_44" href="https://www.climate.gov/maps-data/data-snapshots/tempoutlook-monthly-cpc-2016-01-31"><font color="#0066cc" size="2">monthly temperature outlook</font></a><font size="2"> is available in our Data Snapshots map gallery. </font></p><p><em><font size="2">Maps by NOAA Climate.gov, based on NCDC </font><a id="gmail-anch_45" href="http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/monitoring-references/maps/us-climate-divisions.php%20%29"><font color="#0066cc" size="2">climate division</font></a><font size="2"> data </font><a id="gmail-anch_46" href="http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/usclimdivs/"><font color="#0066cc" size="2">provided by</font></a><font size="2"> the Physical Sciences Division at NOAA ESRL</font></em><br></p></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>