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Seasonal Climate Outlook

Air temperature, rainfall, soil moisture and river flow predictions for the coming season.

Watch these videos with Chris Brandolino (Principal Scientist - Forecasting) explaining how our seasonal climate outlooks can help your business succeed and how our seasonal climate outlooks can be interpreted.

The following documents also provide more background information on the outlooks:

Related information

Issues

Seasonal climate outlook: January 2017 - March 2017

The tropical Pacific continues to exhibit mainly ENSO-neutral conditions.

Seasonal climate outlook: December 2016 - February 2017

The tropical Pacific exhibits mainly neutral ENSO (El Niño-Southern Oscillation) conditions. Sea surface temperatures (SSTs) in the central Equatorial Pacific Ocean are marginally below average and do not exceed the threshold used by NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center to define La Niña events.

Seasonal climate outlook: November 2016 - January 2017

The tropical Pacific exhibits mixed ENSO (El Niño-Southern Oscillation) signals, with some indicating La Niña status and others indicating neutral conditions.

Seasonal Climate Outlook: October - December 2016

ENSO (El Niño – Southern Oscillation) neutral conditions are still present in the tropical Pacific Ocean as a whole, although some indicators are currently in the weak La Niña category.

Seasonal Climate Outlook: September - November 2016

ENSO (El Niño – Southern Oscillation) neutral conditions continued in the tropical Pacific Ocean during August: sea surface temperatures along the eastern equatorial Pacific are near or slightly below normal, and the atmospheric conditions over the tropical Pacific are generally consistent with an ENSO-neutral state.

Seasonal Climate Outlook: August - October 2016

ENSO (El Niño – Southern Oscillation) neutral conditions are currently present in the tropical Pacific.

Seasonal Climate Outlook: July - September 2016

The latest remnants of the strong El Niño which peaked late in 2015 have now vanished in the tropical Pacific Ocean, and the Pacific is ENSO-neutral.

Seasonal Climate Outlook: June - August 2016

Ocean-atmosphere conditions in the tropical Pacific have now returned to near normal after a rapid demise of the El Niño event that peaked late 2015.

Seasonal Climate Outlook: May - July 2016

El Niño conditions in the tropical Pacific weakened further during April 2016, with sea surface temperatures now typically only about +1oC warmer than normal.

Seasonal Climate Outlook: January - March 2016

Strong El Niño conditions continued to dominate the tropical Pacific during December 2015.

Seasonal Climate Outlook: December 2015 - February 2016

Strong El Niño conditions continue in the Tropical Pacific.

Seasonal Climate Outlook: November 2015 - January 2016

Atmospheric and oceanic anomalies in the equatorial Pacific reflect strong El Niño conditions.

Seasonal Climate Outlook: October – December 2015

Strong El Niño conditions were established across the Equatorial Pacific during September 2015.

Seasonal Climate Outlook: September - November 2015

Strong El Niño conditions are present in the tropical Pacific ocean.

Seasonal Climate Outlook: August - October 2015

El Niño conditions continued to strengthen during July 2015.

Seasonal Climate Outlook: July - September 2015

An El Niño event is under way in the tropical Pacific. Sea surface temperatures have continued to warm across many areas of the eastern and central Tropical Pacific.

Seasonal Climate Outlook: June - August 2015

An El Niño event is now under way in the tropical Pacific.

Seasonal Climate Outlook: May - July 2015

Warming of the sea surface across the equatorial Pacific Ocean continued in April 2015, building upon the warmer than normal waters observed in previous months.

Seasonal Climate Outlook: April - June 2015

Sea surface temperature anomalies in the tropical Pacific intensified significantly around the international Dateline during March 2015 and are currently showing a pattern consistent with weak El Niño conditions.

Seasonal Climate Outlook: March - May 2015

Sea surface temperatures across the equatorial Pacific Ocean continued to reflect conditions between neutral and weak El Niño states during February 2015. Atmospheric patterns were mostly indicative of weak El Niño-like conditions.

Seasonal Climate Outlook: February - April 2015

Sea surface temperatures across the equatorial Pacific Ocean are borderline between neutral and weak El Niño conditions.

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