MONTHLY CLIMATE REVIEW May 2014
Cyclone Hellen (Mozambique Channel)
CONTENTS
*Tropics
-ENSO [Neutral]
-MJO
*Extra-tropics
*Verification of MAM & May 2014 Outlooks
*Drought
*Selected Weather Events
*Outlooks (June & JJA 2014 & MDO)
I. The Tropics
LATEST MONTHLY INDICES
LATEST MONTHLY INDICES
850-hPa Wind
200-hPa Wind
SST & Anomalies Subsurface
200m 200m
Upper-Ocean Heat Content
SST Anomalies
0.6C
SSTA Predictions for Nino 3.4 Region
NMME & inputs
CPC Consolidation CFSv2
CPC/IRI
II. The Extra-Tropics
Northern Hemisphere
500-hPa SLP
Southern Hemisphere
500-hPa SLP
Global Temperatures
Global Precipitation
Precipitation
Hawaiian Rainfall (May 2014)
Special thanks to Pingping &
Mingyue for these plots!
Mean precipitation derived from CPC Unified Daily gauge
analysis
Used raw analysis at 0.125deg lat/lon
resolution
Orographic effects of Hawaiian Rainfall best represented
in Oahu
Hawaiian Rainfall (May 2014)
Total (inches) Departure (inches)
Prelim data from NWSFO Honolulu, HI (Monthly Weather Summary)
Lihue
2.81
Honolulu
3.35
Hilo
7.41
Lihue
+0.74
Hilo
-0.71
Kahului
+0.29
Honolulu
+2.73
Kahului
1.03
Kona
1.43 -0.57
KonaMolokai
4.51 +3.40
MolokaiIII. Verification of MAM & May 2014
Outlooks
IV. Drought
April 29
DROUGHT MONITOR
June 3
Monthly-Average Stream flow
for the month of year CPC Soil Moisture Anomaly
APRIL 2014 MAY 2014
V. Selected Weather Events
Severe Weather
Tornadoes Hail Straight-line
Winds
MAY 2014 APRIL 2014
Alaska Wildfire
(Soldotna, western Kenai Peninsula)
Thanks to Scott Handel for pointing me to high-resolution satellite imagery at the:
NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory (www.nnvl.noaa.gov)
http://www.ktuu.com/image/view/-/26090048/highRes/2/-/10pl6eyz/-/20140520---Funny-River- Fire-Expands--Tyonek-Fire-Threatens-Beluga.jpg
Alaska Wildfire
(Soldotna, western Kenai Peninsula)
Hurricane Amanda (eastern Pacific) 5/25/2014
Jalisco State, Mexico
* 932-hPa * 155 mph (1-min sustained) = high end Cat 4 * Strongest May e-Pac hurricane?
Balkans Flooding (mid-May 2014) May 7
May 19
Suomi NPP satellite’s VIIRS instrument
http://www.tropmet.res.in/~kolli/MOL/Monsoon/year2014/week-may1.gif Week ending on
5/21
Week ending on 5/28
Week ending on 6/4
RAINFALL NORMAL DEPARTURE
