El Niño 2015-2016 : An Overview of What It Might Mean for Arizona

[Weiss, Jeremy Lee - (jlweiss)]

El Niño 2015-2016 : An Overview of What It Might Mean for Arizona

El Niño conditions have developed in the tropical Pacific Ocean and current forecasts are calling for this event to continue through next spring and reach a strength not seen since the winter of 1997-1998. What might this mean for Arizona? Will it be cooler than usual? Will it be wetter? Will there be relevant related hazards or favorable circumstances? In this first of a series of Extension Climate Fact Sheets about the 2015-2016 El Niño event, we start to answer such questions by providing an overview of this phenomenon and how it possibly will influence weather across the state during the coming months.

http://cals.arizona.edu/research/climategem/resources/EN20152016overview.pdf

In addition to periodic Extension Climate Fact Sheets like this one, climate specialists and scientists of Cooperative Extension are working with the Climate Assessment for the Southwest (CLIMAS) to produce a full suite of information related to the 2015-2016 El Niño event (www.climas.arizona.edu/sw-climate/el-niño-southern-oscillation<http://www.climas.arizona.edu/sw-climate/el-niño-southern-oscillation>). Please contact us for further information, data, and analysis that could be applied to stakeholder needs in your county.


Jeremy Weiss, Climate and Geospatial Extension Scientist, School of Natural Resources and the
Environment, University of Arizona, 520-626-8063, jlweiss at email.arizona.edu<mailto:jlweiss at email.arizona.edu>
Michael Crimmins, Climate Science Extension Specialist, Department of Soil, Water, and
Environmental Science, University of Arizona, 520-626-4244, crimmins at email.arizona.edu<mailto:crimmins at email.arizona.edu>
Gregg Garfin, Climate Science, Policy, and Natural Resources Extension Specialist, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Arizona, 520-626-4372,
gmgarfin at email.arizona.edu<mailto:gmgarfin at email.arizona.edu>
Paul Brown, Biometeorology Extension Specialist, Department of Soil, Water, and
Environmental Science, University of Arizona, 520-621-1319, pbrown at ag.arizona.edu<mailto:pbrown at ag.arizona.edu>



Jeremy L. Weiss, PhD
Climate and Geospatial Extension Scientist
School of Natural Resources and the Environment
University of Arizona

website:
http://cals.arizona.edu/research/climategem

office phone:
1.520.626.8063

mailing address:
1064 East Lowell Street
P.O. Box 210137
Tucson, AZ 85721-0137

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