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Pacific Locked in ‘La Nada’ Limbo

By Guest PostFebruary 8, 2013Environmentbill patzert, climate forecasters, data, el niño, el nino conditions, equatorial pacific ocean, evolving state, global climate, interannual ocean signal, jason 2, key indicator, la nada state, la nina conditions, la nina events, NASA, neutral, normal sea level, ocean circulation, satellite, sea surface height, seasonal variations

Sea-surface height data from NASA’s Jason-2 satellite show that the equatorial Pacific Ocean is still locked in what some call a neutral, or ‘La Nada’ state. This condition follows two years of strong, cool-water La Nina events.

A new image, based on the average of 10 days of data centered on Jan. 26, 2013, shows near-normal conditions (depicted in green) across the equatorial Pacific. The image is available at: https://sealevel.jpl.nasa.gov/images/latestdata/jason/2013/20130126P.jpg . (more…)

NASA Sees Repeating La Niña Hitting its Peak

By Guest PostJanuary 20, 2012Environmentamerican southwest, bill patzert, climate, cnes, colorado river, diva of drought, dry years, el niño, equatorial pacific, factors, jason 1, jason 2, jason altimetric satellites, la niña, NASA, near normal, ocean temperature, pacific northwest, pacific ocean, pacific sea surface, satellite, sea surface height, south america, southern california, stormy weather, united states, watershed

La Niña, “the diva of drought,” is peaking, increasing the odds that the Pacific Northwest will have more stormy weather this winter and spring, while the southwestern and southern United States will be dry.

Sea surface height data from NASA’s Jason-1 and -2 satellites show that the milder repeat of last year’s strong La Niña has recently intensified, as seen in the latest Jason-2 image of the Pacific Ocean, available at: https://sealevel.jpl.nasa.gov/images/ostm/20120108P1.jpg. (more…)

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Pacific Locked in ‘La Nada’ Limbo

NASA Sees Repeating La Niña Hitting its Peak