# Climate Watch – December 2016 Edition: Japanese winter off to a slow start – 季節ウォッチ

> JAMSTEC's SINTEX-F seasonal forecast projects above-normal surface temperatures across many areas of the world for December through February. It expects a weakening La Niña Modoki, a negative Indian Ocean Dipole ending, and warmer waters off northwestern Australia.

- Date: 2017-01-16 · published 2017-01-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/72929-climate-watch-december-2016-edition-japanese-winter-off-to-a-slow-start
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

Warm and dry signals for parts of Australia and cooler conditions in northern Brazil could influence southern hemisphere crop expectations, but the effect on feed prices is indirect.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2018-12-19 | [IRI – International Research Institute for Climate and Society \| 2018 December Quick Look](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61498-iri-international-research-institute-for-climate-and-society-2018-december.md) | -0.4% | +1.2% |
| CORN | 2019-12-19 | [IRI – International Research Institute for Climate and Society \| 2019 December Quick Look](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55497-iri-international-research-institute-for-climate-and-society-2019-december.md) | +0.5% | +0.7% |
| CORN | 2024-12-19 | [IRI – International Research Institute for Climate and Society \| December 2024 Quick Look](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26862-iri-international-research-institute-for-climate-and-society-december-2024.md) | +2.0% | +7.4% |
| CORN | 2017-10-20 | [La Niña Watch issued by the Climate Prediction Center](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68374-la-nina-watch-issued-by-the-climate-prediction-center.md) | +0.2% | -5.9% |
| CORN | 2021-11-09 | [Winter Outlook 2021-22: La Niña, Take Two? \| North Carolina State Climate Office](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43971-winter-outlook-2021-22-la-nina-take-two-north-carolina-state-climate-office.md) | +1.2% | +5.2% |
| SOY | 2018-12-19 | [IRI – International Research Institute for Climate and Society \| 2018 December Quick Look](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61498-iri-international-research-institute-for-climate-and-society-2018-december.md) | -4.2% | +0.0% |
| SOY | 2019-12-19 | [IRI – International Research Institute for Climate and Society \| 2019 December Quick Look](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55497-iri-international-research-institute-for-climate-and-society-2019-december.md) | +1.0% | +0.1% |
| SOY | 2024-12-19 | [IRI – International Research Institute for Climate and Society \| December 2024 Quick Look](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26862-iri-international-research-institute-for-climate-and-society-december-2024.md) | +3.8% | +8.6% |

## Sources

- jamstec.go.jp: https://www.jamstec.go.jp/aplinfo/climate/?p=1168

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