Climate Program Office

"The tropical Pacific is still in neutral, but nature continues giving us signs that La Ni?a is on the way, and our?La Ni?a Watch?remains. Forecasters estimate a?71% chance?that La Ni?a will emerge during September–November and expect it will persist through the Northern Hemisphere winter. A weak La Ni?a is the most likely scenario." https://lnkd.in/eqgCuR_P

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"Exceptional Drought, D4, was?introduced in West Virginia?for the first time since the inception of the U.S. Drought Monitor in 2000. Rainfall deficits for the?past 90 days?(May 30 - August 27) ranged from 5.50 inches to just over 6 inches below normal for Beckley, Charleston, Elkins, and Huntington. The same period ranked among the 11 driest and 14 hottest for all four sites." https://lnkd.in/e6ugi_UD

"On Sunday August 18, 2024, a slow moving?front?accompanied by?training storms?brought extreme amounts of rain to parts of the Northeast which led to catastrophic flooding. The worst of the flooding occurred in southwestern Connecticut and Long Island, New York, where more than 10 inches of rain fell in a 24-hour period." https://lnkd.in/ggaC6aA9

"Earlier this month,?we wrote about?a pocket of cooler-than-average surface waters that had emerged near the equator in the eastern Atlantic in June and July. The localized cool spot was interesting because if it had continued at that strength through August, it would be classified as an Atlantic Ni?a—a natural pattern of warm-cool swings in the eastern equatorial Atlantic that affects seasonal climate in the region." https://lnkd.in/g2He8MFE

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"The climate jobs of the future, experts told me, may mean adjusting how we think of the jobs of the past: Electricians may need to learn to install solar panels, construction workers may need to deal with new engineering requirements and bankers may need to manage climate risk. 'This is a model of us adapting our jobs in real time to the reality and need of the moment,' said Ned Gardiner, a program manager for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Program Office, which is coordinating technical assistance for the grantees." https://lnkd.in/e4GDCWGk

"Greenhouse gas concentrations, the global temperature across land and oceans, global sea level and ocean heat content all reached record highs in 2023, according to the 34th annual?State of the Climate report." https://lnkd.in/ejkFjDmA

"A new study supported by CPO reveals that international regulations reducing sulfur emissions from ships, while beneficial for air quality, may be accelerating global warming. By cutting emissions, we've also decreased the formation of reflective clouds, known as 'ship tracks,' which help cool the planet by sending sunlight back into space. This research highlights the trade-offs between improving air quality and managing climate change." https://lnkd.in/eBwkYR93

"If you’re a regular reader of Climate.gov’s ENSO blog, then you know that scientists have been carefully observing how the Pacific Ocean is changing from El Ni?o’s warmer-than-average conditions earlier this year to expected cooler-than-average La Ni?a conditions by?late summer. But as it happens, something similar might be cooking this summer in the Atlantic Ocean." https://lnkd.in/gFpEBXb5