El Niño is officially here and "could lead to new records," NOAA says

[Stevicus]

El Niño is officially here and "could lead to new records," NOAA says

El Niño's return could bring much more rain to Southern California later this year and drier conditions in the Pacific Northwest.

www.cbsnews.com

El Niño has officially made its way back after its years-long hiatus. NOAA announced on Thursday that the climate pattern system is expected to strengthen over the next several months.

The natural climate system comes as the Pacific Ocean experiences "warmer-than-average" surface temperatures. When that happens — every two to seven year — the system returns, generally spawning more rainfall in South America, winter storms in the U.S. West and South and droughts across Asia.

Either of these strengths typically result in "wetter-than-average" conditions from Southern California through the Gulf Coast, and "drier-than-average" conditions from the Pacific Northwest to the Ohio Valley, according to the National Weather Service.

So, El Nino is back. This could also affect the hurricane season for the Atlantic.

Such impacts could be harsh on California, which spent the first part of this year battling heavy rains and snow that flooded vast areas of the state. The dry conditions could also be worrisome for the Pacific Northwest, as dry weather is one of the factors that can lead to the beginning and spreading of wildfires.

El Niño's return also influences the 2023 Atlantic Hurricane season. NOAA says that the system's influence on oceans and atmosphere suppresses hurricane development in the Atlantic, while increasing hurricane activity in the Pacific, where surface temperatures have warmed.

So, possibly fewer hurricanes in the Atlantic and more in the Pacific.

 

[Twilight Hue]

They say the same thing just about every year now.

Here's last year's same old rhetoric for this year.

El Niño Is Coming—and the World Isn’t Prepared

Global heating will set the stage for extreme weather everywhere in 2023. The consequences are likely to be cataclysmic.

www.wired.com

Booiring!

 

[Stevicus]

They say the same thing just about every year now.

Here's last year's same old rhetoric for this year.

El Niño Is Coming—and the World Isn’t Prepared

Global heating will set the stage for extreme weather everywhere in 2023. The consequences are likely to be cataclysmic.

www.wired.com

Booiring!

Maybe, although it does give us more rain here in the southwest. So, at least that's something to look forward to.

 

[Yerda]

New Records? I had no idea they were in the studio.

 

[Quagmire]

They say the same thing just about every year now.

Here's last year's same old rhetoric for this year.

El Niño Is Coming—and the World Isn’t Prepared

Global heating will set the stage for extreme weather everywhere in 2023. The consequences are likely to be cataclysmic.

www.wired.com

Booiring!

Yes, last year "they" said "El nino is coming in 2023".

This year (2023) they are saying El nino is here (because it is).

Not seeing how that qualifies as "the same old rhetoric". It's just the weather.

Unless you think weather patterns are just a lot of alarmist hype.

 

[Twilight Hue]

Yes, last year "they" said "El nino is coming in 2023".

This year (2023) they are saying El nino is here (because it is).

Not seeing how that qualifies as "the same old rhetoric". It's just the weather.

Unless you think weather patterns are just a lot of alarmist hype.

No. I go by the official government weather service.

Still , in media, It's just becoming a tired worn out old cliche' now.

 

[Quagmire]

No. I go by the official government weather service.

Still , in media, It's just becoming a tired worn out old cliche' now.

I don't think you understand what El Nino is.

Here: El Niño - Wikipedia

It's got nothing to do with global warming or whatever other 'worn out cliche' you're talking about.

 

[Twilight Hue]

I don't think you understand what El Nino is.

Here: El Niño - Wikipedia

It's got nothing to do with global warming or whatever other 'worn out cliche' you're talking about.

Sorry. It is a worn out old cliche'

They say the same thing just about every year now.

 

[Quagmire]

Sorry. It is a worn out old cliche'

What is? El nino?

No, it's what the link I posted for you and that you obviously didn't read says it is.

"El Niño (/ɛl ˈniːnjoʊ/ el NEEN-yoh, Spanish: [el ˈniɲo]; lit. 'The Boy') is the warm phase of the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and is associated with a band of warm ocean water that develops in the central and east-central equatorial".

It's a cliche in the same sense that "the Earth revolves around the Sun" is a cliche.

They say the same thing just about every year now.

Edit: okay I get it now. You're saying that "they" predict record temperatures every year.

Since you didn't clarify what your "same thing" was and this thread is about El nino it sounded like you were saying that 'they ' predict El nino will happen every year.

Also, this thread is about what's happening now in 2023, and the link you posted is also about something happening in 2023 so offering it as proof that "they say the same thing every year" is kind of silly.

 

[PureX]

I do think that such a pronouncement is counter-effective. It's the weather for God's sake. Of course anything MIGHT happen.

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

... So, El Nino is back. This could also affect the hurricane season for the Atlantic.
... So, possibly fewer hurricanes in the Atlantic and more in the Pacific.

Therefore?