After three consecutive years of an unusually stubborn pattern, La Niña has officially ended ... is generally much more impacted with El Nino conditions bringing higher than normal precipitation ...

When sea-surface temperatures are above average by about 1 degree Fahrenheit or more, El Niño can develop. When temperatures are below average, La Niña can form. When temperatures are at or near ...

We're currently at the highest likelihood for ENSO-neutral conditions to persist through August and dropping to 48 percent in ...

The climate pattern that tends to bring drier, warmer conditions to the southern half of the United States and wetter weather to the northern half has ended, NOAA said Thursday. By Livia Albeck ...

El Niño and La Niña significantly impact Earth's weather ... Forecasters issued an El Nino Advisory, noting that El Nino conditions are present. If they continue through October, then it will ...

Forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) say conditions will likely switch to a La Niña pattern by the end of the summer. El Niño is marked by warmer than normal ...

“It’s over,” said research scientist Azhar Ehsan, who heads Columbia University’s El Niño/La Niña forecasting. “Mother Nature thought to get rid of this one because it’s enough.

La Niña and El Niño are the opposite phases of what is called the El Niño-Southern Oscillation, or ENSO. During an El Niño period, it can be drier and warmer than usual in the northern United ...