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Critical Fire Weather and Severe Thunderstorm Threats This Week

Gusty winds and low relative humidity will contribute to critical fire weather Monday over parts of the central and southern High Plains. Scattered to widespread severe thunderstorms may bring damaging winds, large hail, and tornadoes Monday through Thursday over the lower Mississippi River Valley and southern Plains into the Midwest and Ohio Valley. Read More >

ENSO and Climate Variability


Understanding ENSO (From PMEL)


ENSO Monitor - State of Current Conditions

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El Nino Map



El Nino Temperatures and Anomalies


Climatology and ENSO-Related Climate Variability in the Pacific


Tropical Cyclone Climatology in the Pacific

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