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Daniel Swain

  • Climate Scientist and Author
United States
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Weather and climate scientist focused on extreme events like floods, droughts, & wildfires on a warming planet.
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Special update: Rising odds of a strong-to-historic El Niño event in 2026

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By Daniel Swain
| Piedmont Exedra
A quick refresher: What is El Niño and how can it affect global weather patterns? Schematic diagram depicting the large-scale atmospheric effects of El Niño and La Niña. The diagram shows how El Niño shifts the primary region of deep tropical thunderstorm activity well eastward across the basin, which is the primary mechanism through which it alters global weather patterns.
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Weather West: Unusually Active June Jet Stream Energizes Low Pressure Before Strong Ridge by Mid-June, With Significant Heatwave Possible

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By Daniel Swain
| Edhat
Widespread, though modest, rain will fall across most of the Pacific NW over the next week before the heatwave mid-month. Some light showers are also possible this weekend in parts of NorCal, especially the North Coast and northern Sierra/Shasta region. The below article is reposted with permission by the Weather West Blog. The May and early June weather pattern across the West Coast has been–and remains–a changeable one.
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Weather West: Another Late-Spring Cut-Off to Bring Mountain Showers, Coastal Drizzle, and Cooler Temperatures

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By Daniel Swain
| Edhat
The below article is reposted with permission by the Weather West Blog. As we approach the end of May, it’s worth looking back at the past couple of months of highly changeable weather conditions across California and the West. Spring is always, to some degree, a tumultuous weather period, as it heralds the messy transition period between winter and summer when both winter-like and summer-like conditions are possible (and sometimes in quick succession).
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