Just posted a piece on the IRI home page about the latest La
Niña. The map I show here tells us where and when in the world
we can expect shifts in rainfall due to La Niña. We also
produced a set of three video interviews of IRI scientists Lisa
Goddard, Brad Lyon, Dave Dewitt and Paul Block, who share their
knowledge of the La Niña – El Niño phenomenom, aka ENSO. La Niña
and Rainfall. For high res PDF (3.2mb) As of mid-January,
moderate-to-strong La Niña conditions continue to exist in the
tropical Pacific. Scientists at the International Research
Institute for Climate and Society expect these to linger,
potentially causing additional shifts in rainfall patterns
across many parts of the world in months to come. These shifts,
combined with socioeconomic conditions and other factors, can
make some parts of the world more vulnerable to impacts.
However, La Niña conditions do allow the IRI and other
institutions to produce more accurate seasonal forecasts and
help better predict extreme drought or rainfall in som