The Southern Oscillation Index value for January2011 was again strongly entrenched in positive phase (chart from the Australia Bureau of Met).
La Nina conditions to continue, with effects on prices of everything from corn to coal. Weather Trends map below shows current snapshot of Pacific cold SST anomalies.
Author: Michael Ferrari, PhD
VP, Applied Technology & Research
In the weather and climate community, 2010 will be remembered as a year where the strong La Nina pattern exerted a significant influence on global agricultural production, with weather extremes hitting key commercial producing regions across a number of sectors. The Southern Oscillation index (SOI), a measure of [...]
Author: Michael Ferrari, PhD
VP, Applied Technology & Research
For some time, we have known about the positive relationship between La Nina-like conditions and milk production for US herds. During an El Nino, conditions for much of the US may tend to be warmer and wetter, and as dairy cows exhibit sensitivity to heat stress and/or muddy [...]
Author: Michael Ferrari, PhD
VP, Applied Technology & Research
Even though it is the peak of the hurricane season in the Tropical Atlantic, readers of our energy reports know that we have been turning our attention to the start of the winter heating season for North America and Europe. In addition to the Weather Trends long range [...]
Author: Michael Ferrari, PhD
VP, Applied Technology & Research
Wheat continues to dominate news in the grains/oilseeds space – this time the focus is Australia. Eastern Australia has benefited from a favorable patter over the last several months, but the western wheat belt has been stuck in a persistent dry pattern. In a Bloomberg article today, the [...]
Author: Michael Ferrari, PhD
VP, Applied Technology & Research
For meteorologists, weather and climate are always top of mind. From the time we arise each day, through the last moments before our eyes close for at least a few hours in the evening (or following morning), most of our thoughts are consumed trying to make some sense [...]
