NOAA announced the arrival of the climactic condition known as El Niño. Here is what it could mean for California.
announced the arrival of the climactic condition known as El Niño last Thursday.
This year’s El Niño formed about a month or two earlier than usual, giving it more time to grow. NOAA’s El Niño/La Niña forecast office reported a 56% chance it will be considered strong, likely to alter weather around the globe and drive hotter temperatures to an already warming Earth.El Niño is a natural, temporary warming of the waters on the eastern Pacific Ocean, according to NOAA.
NOAA explains that in the United States, a moderate to strong El Niño in the fall and winter has tended to result in wetter-than-average conditions across the southern half of the country, including Southern California, and drier-than-average conditions across the northern United States. In the past, strong El Niño conditions have led to record-breaking global warmth, such as in 2016. Scientists say that the onset of this year’s El Niño may place 2023 in the running for our warmest year on record when combined with the warming effects of climate change.
NOAA’s announcement comes after an unusually long-lasting and strong La Niña — El Niño’s sister condition with cooling in the Pacific — that worsened drought in the Western U.S. and brought increased hurricane activity to the Atlantic.Get Los Angeles's latest local news on crime, entertainment, weather, schools, COVID, cost of living and more. Here's your go-to source for today's LA news.
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