CLEVELAND — Hundreds of years ago, fishermen casting their nets off the coast of Peru and Ecuador noticed something unusual. Every few years, the ocean water in their usually productive fishing ...
Even though the Pacific Ocean sits thousands of miles away, the temperature of its waters west of South America plays a big role in shaping our weather here in Oklahoma, especially in the winter. That ...
CLEVELAND — NOAA says that La Niña conditions are favored to persist through February 2026. Have you ever wondered why and how this climate phenomena got its name? The names El Niño and La Niña trace ...
If you’ve been following forecasts for the autumn and winter, you might have seen discussion of La Niña, a weather pattern that has something to do with the changing temperatures in the Pacific Ocean.
El Niño warms Pacific, weakens Indian monsoon causing drought risk and extreme rains. La Niña cools Pacific, strengthens monsoon delivering higher rainfall and potential floods. El Niño increases ...
The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) is making a major change to how they assess El Niño and La Niña, the world's most dominant drivers of weather variability. Thanks to climate change and a rapid warming ...
It’s that time of the year again. India waits eagerly for the summer monsoon forecast, tinged with some anxiety about whether it will be ‘normal’. The fate of the monsoon also raises the question of ...