Uploaded January 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Daily pressure patterns (highs in brown, lows in purple) and precipitation (grayscale) in Northern Hemisphere winter to date (2023-24). There's a lot of motion in this movie; lots of variability from day to day. That's the weather. Read more in a recent Climate.gov ENSO blog:
climate.gov/ENSOblog/fitness

Video by NOAA Climate.gov, adapted from original by Michelle L' Heureux. Unless specifically stated otherwise, Climate.gov video productions can be freely republished or re-purposed by others.