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Department:September 29, 2016Using the June floods in West Virginia as an example, the Climate Prediction Center's Tom Di Liberto explains how meterologists are like paleontologists turning the bones of an incomplete skeleton into a complete picture of a dinosaur.
Department:September 22, 2016Because why go to the movies when you come to Climate.gov and watch the evolution of ENSO forecasts over the past two years?
Department:September 8, 2016The tropical Pacific has cooled since the end of El Niño this spring, but the pace of cooling had slowed as of August.
Department:August 30, 2016The central/eastern North Pacific hurricane season continues to roll on unabated, with two major hurricanes lined up to pass dangerously close to Hawaii.
Department:August 25, 2016Understanding the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) as multiple layers of ice cream. And how is it related to the El Niño-Southern Oscillation?
Department:August 12, 2016After a slow start to the 2016 hurricane season, storms in the eastern North Pacific Ocean were plentiful during July and the beginning of August.
Department:August 10, 2016Climate experts are keeping their eyes on the tropical Pacific, watching a strip of cool water that may be one indicator that La Niña is brewing.
Department:August 2, 2016Globally, 2015 set a new record for the most extremely warm days in the 66-year record (1.8 times more than the average). The number of extremely warm days and nights was the highest ever recorded in western North America, parts of central Europe, and central Asia.
Department:August 2, 20162015 was a tough year for vegetation, both natural and agricultural, with a near-record area of global land surfaces in some state of drought.
Department:July 29, 2016Extreme heat in Kuwait last week might have set a new high temperature record for Asia and the Eastern Hemisphere. How do climate experts verify such records?
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