NOAA has declared that a La Niña is underway. This cool weather event is likely to be shorter and weaker than usual, but will still affect global weather and climate.
La Niña is finally here. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that conditions have officially formed to declare the weather event. The post NOAA: La Niña Conditions Have Officially Emerged first appeared on The Inertia.
La Niña has arrived and is likely to be impacting the winter season, including how much snow and rain New England might see before the start of spring.
NOAA predicts La Niña to persist until spring 2025 Event likely to be weaker and shorter than typical La Niñas Global weather patterns, including hurricanes, could still be affected
La Niña is usually associated with drier conditions across the southern part of the U.S. and wetter conditions to the north. This reflects how La Niña is associated with a more poleward-shifted jet stream that deflects the storm tracks to the north (both Emily and Tom have written some nice explainers).
La Niña has finally materialized. Here’s what that means for South Carolina weather and snow during the rest of the winter.
In the January to March 2025 quarter, warmer than normal average temperatures are expected (0.5 °C to 1.0 °C, in the Pacific slope and Central Valley; as well as between 0.25 °C to 0.5 °C in the Caribbean slope and northern zone (Eastern and Western).
Several ski resorts in B.C. are thriving despite a delayed La Niña, which was expected to bring cooler temperatures and greater precipitation to mountains throughout the province.
A La Niña winter just started, but it isn’t expected to last long. National forecasters are already looking ahead to the spring season. A new long-range forecast released Thursday shows
Comprehensive reports from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Weather Service (NWS) in San Juan, Puerto Rico, highlighted extreme weather events in 2024. NOAA revealed that 2024 was the warmest year globally since record-keeping began in 1850.
A La Niña winter just started, but it isn't expected to last long. National forecasters are already looking ahead to the spring season.
How do warming arctic temperatures and a wavier jet stream combine to create snowfall across South Carolina? It's complicated.