ENSO

Climate

El Niño development pauses; ENSO Outlook remains at El Niño WATCH

Desk3 - June 12, 2017

MELBOURNE, Australia – The El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) remains neutral. The Bureau's ENSO Outlook remains at El Niño WATCH, meaning there is around a 50% chance of El Niño developing in 2017—double the normal likelihood. However several indicators have shown little or no increase for several weeks ...

Climate

Tropical Pacific remains warmer than average, says Australia’s BOM

Desk3 - May 24, 2017

MELBOURNE, Australia – The El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) remains neutral. With the tropical Pacific Ocean warmer than average, and around half the international climate models reaching El Niño levels later in the year, development of El Niño in 2017 cannot be ruled out.

Science

ENSO still neutral, but tropical Pacific waters continue to warm, say BOM

Desk3 - April 27, 2017

MELBOURNE, Australia – The El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) remains neutral. However the Bureau's ENSO Outlook is currently at El Niño WATCH, meaning there is around a 50% chance—twice the normal likelihood—of El Niño developing in 2017.

Climate

Chances are increasing for El Niño development by late summer and fall

Desk3 - April 17, 2017

COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, U.S. – ENSO-neutral conditions continued during March, with near-average sea surface temperatures (SSTs) across the central equatorial Pacific and above-average SSTs in the eastern Pacific. The latest weekly Niño index values were near zero in the Niño-4 and Niño-3.4 regions, and +0.8 and +0.9°C farther east ...

Climate

Australian BOM sees 50 percent chance of El Niño developing in 2017

Desk3 - March 29, 2017

MELBOURNE, Australia – The El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) remains neutral. However, the Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology's ENSO Outlook status is at El Niño WATCH, indicating around a 50% chance of El Niño developing in 2017. Sea surface temperatures (SSTs) in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean ...

Climate

El Niño WATCH: six of eight models suggest El Niño by July, says BOM

Desk3 - March 15, 2017

MELBOURNE, Australia – The El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is neutral. However, model outlooks and recent warming in the Pacific Ocean mean there is an increased chance of El Niño forming later this year. The ENSO Outlook of the Bureau of Meteorology of the Australian Government (BOM) is currently at ...

Climate

Likelihood of El Niño increases says Australian Bureau of Meteorology

Desk3 - March 1, 2017

MELBOURNE, Australia – The El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) remains neutral. However, recent changes in both the tropical Pacific Ocean and atmosphere, and climate model outlooks surveyed by the Bureau, suggest the likelihood of El Niño forming in 2017 has risen.

Climate

ENSO remains neutral says the Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology

Desk3 - February 2, 2017

MILAN – The El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) remains neutral, with all ENSO indicators currently within the ENSO-neutral range, according to the Australian Government Bureau...

Climate

Tropical Pacific Ocean remains ENSO neutral

Desk3 - January 18, 2017

In the tropical Pacific Ocean, the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) remains neutral. A neutral ENSO period indicates that the tropical Pacific Ocean is not...

Climate

La Niña no longer likely in the coming months

Desk3 - December 16, 2016

The El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) in the tropical Pacific Ocean remains neutral (neither El Niño nor La Niña). Although some very weak La Niña-like patterns continue ...

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