Tag: La Nina
Atmospheric scientists analyze two warmest months on record
June 11, 2012
Story: Randy Mertens
Two months in Midwest history – March 2012 and December 1889 – stand out as the warmest winter months in more than a century of weather records. A team of University of Missouri scientists determined why these months, separated by 123 years, were so exceptional.
Tags: Arctic Oscillation, La Nina, Tony Lupo
Categories: CAFNR, Environmental Science, Feature, School of Natural Resources •
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Climate conditions not quite the same as 2007
March 20, 2012
Story: Randy Mertens
Photos: Photos courtesy the National Weather Service.
The Central Plains may be spared a repeat of the historic April 4-10, 2007 cold wave that disrupted agricultural production, says a University of Missouri climate researcher. Millions of dollars in crop loss hit orchards, hay fields and newly sprouted corn.
Tags: Agriculture, Cold wave, College of Agriculture Food and Natural Resources, Corn, La Nina, National Weather Service, soybeans, Tony Lupo
Categories: Atmospheric Science, CAFNR, Evidence of Excellence, Feature, Soil, Environmental & Atmospheric Sciences •
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A strong La Nina may make this winter a "blockfest"
November 7, 2011
Story: Randy Mertens
Photos: NOAA, Keith Montgomery
Tony Lupo, department chair and professor of MU atmospheric science, says the same La Niña, jet stream and atmospheric blocking patterns that brought heavy snows and below normal temperatures to the central states will probably remain in place for the winter of 2011-2012.
Tags: 2011-2012 winter prediction, atmospheric blocking, Block (meteorology), College of Agriculture Food and Natural Resources, Gulf of Alaska, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, La Nina, Midwestern United States, Nobel Peace Prize, Pacific Ocean, Tony Lupo, Weather research
Categories: Atmospheric Science, CAFNR, Evidence of Excellence, Feature, Innovative Thinking, Research, School of Natural Resources, Soil, Environmental & Atmospheric Sciences •
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Climate phenomenon may push super-cell thunderstorms to northern plains
March 9, 2011
Story: Randy Mertens
Photos: Keith Montgomery
Tornado Alley, the swath of prairie from Texas through Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri famous for twisters, may see a largely calm tornado season this year.
Tags: La Nina, meteorology, Tony Lupo, Tornado Alley, Tornadoes, Weather
Categories: Atmospheric Science, CAFNR, School of Natural Resources •
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