More stable weather due to El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) neutral conditions are likely in the Northern Hemisphere summer of 2025, with a 56 per cent chance in August-October, the U.S. Climate Prediction Center said.
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Transition to drought expected to be swifter this year
Fractions of a degree of change in ocean tempartures impacts weather patterns for ag producers in caring for their livestock and crops
Agriculture across the globe is closely linked to La Niña and El Niño when it comes to setting the weather stage for the next growing season.
Dry summer still indicated
SASKATOON — World Weather Inc. believes much of the United States and portions of the Canadian Prairies will experience drought in the summer of 2024. That forecast is based on an analysis of the 18-year lunar cycle. “I’ve looked at six analog years and all six of them have a drier and warmer bias for […] Read more
Hot summer looms as El Nino moves to La Nina
HOUSTON, Texas — John Baranick has the unenviable task of coming up with a weather forecast for the United States during a period of uncertainty. The world will be transitioning from a super El Nino weather event to a La Nina event this spring and summer. Related stories: Volcanoes can have complex effect on weather […] Read more
El Nino-La Nina oscillation impact not determinative
El Nino is on its way out and might be gone by the time crops are growing in Western Canada this summer. Some weather models suggest the waters of the southern Pacific could shift into La Nina by the time harvest arrives. I see media posts drawing attention to the decline of El Nino and […] Read more
Maersk to use rail to bypass Panama Canal amid drought
Shipping companies are forced to find alternatives as drought and military conflict affect trade routes around the world
REUTERS — A.P. Moller-Maersk will use trains to avoid the drought-hit Panama Canal for some of its vessels, the Danish shipping giant said as low water levels continue to cause one of the world’s main maritime trade routes to reduce crossings. The Panama Canal Authority has reduced the amount and weight of vessels passing through […] Read more
Climate change, El Nino make 2023 hottest year on record
BRUSSELS, Belgium (Reuters) — Last year was the planet’s hottest on record by a substantial margin and likely the world’s warmest in the last 100,000 years, said the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service. Scientists had widely expected the milestone, after climate records were repeatedly broken. Since June, every month has been the world’s hottest […] Read more
Global food supplies expected to remain tight
Dry weather and export curbs continue to pressure supply but larger South American production should provide relief
REUTERS — High food prices in recent years have prompted farmers worldwide to plant more cereals and oilseeds, but consumers are set to face tighter supplies well into 2024 amid adverse El Nino weather, export restrictions and higher biofuel mandates. Global wheat, corn and soybean prices are headed for losses in 2023 amid easing Black […] Read more
El Nino does strange things with prairie winter weather this year
WINNIPEG — The weather in December, as many Canadians noticed, was abnormal. As an example from the Prairies, the average daily high in Saskatoon was 0.5 C for the first three weeks of the month. That’s eight degrees warmer than the normal daily high for the month of December. Barrie Bonsal, a research scientist and […] Read more
Global fertilizer supply chain hits another snag
Drought in Brazil prompts producers there to use less fertilizer, denting sales in an industry already facing challenges
SAO PAULO, Brazil (Reuters) — Brazil’s drought is causing farmers there to delay fertilizer purchases for their upcoming corn-planting season, denting sales for global fertilizer suppliers in the world’s top corn-exporting country, executives told Reuters. Brazil’s soybean harvest is already delayed and that hold-up may push back planting for the main corn season that follows […] Read more
