El Nino Nearly a Sure Bet Now for the Northwest
By Don Jenkins for Capital Press
The federal Climate Prediction Center says the odds that an El Nino will form have improved in the past month.
Yes, the ‘Blob’ Is Back. No, It Won’t Wreak Havoc on East Coast Weather
By Yasemin Saplakoglu, Live Science
A returning patch of warm water in the Northern Pacific Ocean called “the blob” could spell wonky weather for the U.S.
Four Saildrones Launch on Second Mission to the Tropical Pacific
On October 3rd, four Saildrones were launched from Keehi Marine Center in Honolulu, HI to begin a six-month research mission in the tropical Pacific Ocean.
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El Nino May Give Yakima Valley Warmer, Drier Winter
From the Yakima Herald by Donald W. Meyers.
Temperatures may be dropping as fall settles on the Yakima Valley, but climate forecasters say we could be looking at a warmer-than-average winter.
Continue reading at the Yakima HeraldNew Animation Shows How Unusual Indonesian Tsunami Has Implications for Puget Sound
By Glenn Farley, King 5 News
Scientists in Washington see a troubling comparison between the deadly tsunami in Indonesia to Puget Sound and local lakes.
Why The Gulf of St. Lawrence is Losing Oxygen
A new study links rapid deoxygenation in the Gulf of St. Lawrence to two powerful currents: the Gulf Stream and the Labrador Current.
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El Nino Winter Could Mean Warmer Temps, Less Snow in Inland Northwest
El Nino winters often bring warmer than normal temperatures and below normal snowfall. That would mean warmer and drier temperatures for the months of December, January and February in the Inland Northwest.
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A Climatologist Gives a Look Into the Cause of Hurricanes
JISAO’s Nick Bond joins New Day Northwest and gives updates on Hurricane Florence and talks about the cause of these massive storms.
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Shift in Large-Scale Atlantic Circulation Causes Lower-Oxygen Water to Invade Canada’s Gulf of St. Lawrence
By Hannah Hickey, UW News
The Gulf of St. Lawrence has warmed and lost oxygen faster than almost anywhere else in the global oceans.
Climatologist Talks El Nino, the Blob, and Climate Change
By Katie Frankowicz, The Daily Astorian
Imagine a hangover that lasts for years.
In 2013 and 2014, a mass of warm water formed off the West Coast.