Current El Niño Now Second Strongest on Record
Record books have already been rewritten in South Florida from historic rainfall last week, and the effects of a near-record strength El Niño may have only just begun. Mike Halpert, Deputy Director from NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, says this season’s El Niño continues to strengthen, “The September-November Oceanic Niño Index, or ONI value, currently ranks […]
2015 Hurricane Season: Predictable but Challenging
The last time Floridians were forced to evacuate or board up their homes, tweeting was for the birds, YouTube was just a baby, and the first iPhone wasn’t even a rumor. The 2015 Atlantic Hurricane Season officially came to a close Monday, and the state’s longest stretch without a direct hit from a hurricane (Wilma, […]
El Niño Effects in Florida Not Far Away
It rained most of the day in north Florida Sunday. It was also cloudy and rainy for several hours in a row on Monday. If history is any clue, there will be many more days like this than Floridians are used to in the coming months. Normally during the cool season (November – April), the majority of the […]
Afternoon Rain Chances in “Play” Over Labor Day Weekend
The start of college football will have many fans keeping an eye on the sky Saturday, with teams across the state playing their home openers. Here’s a day-by-day breakdown of what you can expect statewide should you be outdoors for Labor Day weekend. Saturday Wider precipitation coverage is possible across the Panhandle and in […]
Extreme Drought Declared in South Florida
From Miami to Jacksonville, nearly 7 million Floridians live in an area currently afflicted with drought. As of July 9, 44% of the state is seeing abnormally dry conditions, with parts of Miami-Dade and Broward counties now in an “extreme drought” according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Drought Monitor. A persistent ridge of high pressure off […]
Weak El Nino Forms; Elevated Risk for Flooding in Southeast This Spring
Ocean temperatures in the central Pacific have been warmer than average for nearly a year. Only recently, though, have the anomalies reached a threshold and duration that NOAA can officially declare that El Niño conditions are being observed. As of their March 5 report, the El Niño is considered “borderline” or weak, and generally expected […]
