El Niño Forecasts provided by COLA/IGES.
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The Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies, as part of its ongoing climate predictability research, issues climate forecasts on an experimental basis.


El Niño Archive:

During the major El Niño event of the winter of 1997-1998, the routine quarterly Pacific sea surface temperature (SST) anomaly forecasts were accompanied by experimental North American regional forecasts of the surface air temperature and precipitation, as shown below.


COLA and IGES make no guarantees about and bear no responsibility or liability concerning the accuracy or timeliness of the images being published on the World Wide Web. All weather and forecast maps are generated by COLA from data supplied by the National Centers for Environmental Prediction of the National Weather Service, NOAA. The data are the direct product of the various computer models. They are provided without interpretation or correction, and do not represent the actual forecasts issued by the National Weather Service. These products are not a substitute for official forecasts. Likewise, the current weather maps are not guaranteed to be complete or timely.