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Understanding El Niño
El Niño is an abnormal warming of waters in the equatorial Pacific Ocean that disrupts weather patterns from the Pacific all the way to Africa. It normally causes drought in such countries as Australia, Indonesia and the Philippines while spawning rampant flooding in Latin American nations like Ecuador and Chile. During the winter of an El Nino event, the air temperature tends to be warmer than normal over most of Canada, with the greatest warming centred around Manitoba-western Ontario. Southern Canada also can expect drier than normal conditions during an El Nino winter including southern British Columbia which tends to receive less snow. Due to the current El Niño situation, we have included a number of links that you may find useful in understanding the current situation and conditions could be expected throughout the next number of months.
Drought Watch Website Survey:
Take a look and provide us with your comments by taking the time to fill out this short survey that will take about 2 minutes of your time. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions regarding this survey. Your feedback will be important to ensure that this service meets your needs.
Our Goal:
- To provide timely information of the impacts of climatic variability on water supply and agriculture.
- To promote practices that reduce drought vulnerability and improve management during a drought.
The impact of climatic variability on the environment is of great importance to the agricultural sector in Canada. Monitoring the impacts on water supplies, soil degradation and agricultural production is essential to the preparedness of the region in dealing with possible drought conditions. These pages and maps will provide you with an overview on the risk of drought in Canada.
We would appreciate your comments/suggestions on how we can improve this site.
If the maps on this site are not accessible to you, please contact Trevor Hadwen at 306-780-8405 for further assistance or explanation.
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