Condition Monitoring Newsletter Now Features a Star of the Month!

As of this month, we will be transferring the “Condition Monitoring Star of the Week” from the blog to a “Condition Monitoring Star of the Month” in the newsletter. This will allow us to share a bit more about the star observer's report content, noting what information really stands out.


Congratulations to Craven County, NC observer DJ Moran, our 1st Condition Monitoring Start of the Month! DJ is a beekeeper and always has lots of interesting information to share about how the weather affects her bee colonies. Read one of DJ's reports in the recently released June/July newsletter.


This newsletter also includes updates about the drought status in the Carolinas, a "Backyard Story" as told by a photo submitted by NC observer Ken Kendall, and tips for preparing for the 2015 Atlantic hurricane season which began in June. If you haven't already, be sure to check it out.

June/July CISA & CoCoRaHS Condition Monitoring Newsletter

El Niño Conditions Strengthen in the Equatorial Pacific

The latest El Niño update explains that sea surface temperatures in the equatorial Pacific were above average during May.  This kind of anomaly along with other indicators are associated with El Niño.  Current, conditions are pronounced enough that forecasters at the Climate Prediction Center predict a 90% chance that El Niño will continue through the Northern Hemisphere summer and more than an 80% chance that it will persist through 2015.  This prediction helped forecasters produce the seasonal outlook for the US which indicates equal chances for above, normal and below average rainfall and warmer than average temperatures in the Carolinas. Click here for more information about El Niño.  The latest El Niño update can be found here.

Seasonal forecast for June - August 2015.  Issued by the Climate Prediction Center.