El Niño Is Here to Turn World’s Weather Upside Down
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The latest guidance from the Climate Prediction Center gives a 63% chance of a very strong El Niño, or sometimes called a “Super El Niño,” by early winter. Locally, El Niño will likely produce significant weather changes for the rest of 2026. El Niño patterns help increase wind shear across the tropical Atlantic in the summer and early fall.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officially declared an El Niño episode for this year. The El Niño is expected to intensify, according to NOAA forecasters. Sea surface temperatures have a 63% chance of exceeding 2 degrees Celsius,
A developing El Niño is already altering Pacific winds and ocean heat, setting up possible shifts in U.S. weather and hurricane seasons in 2026.
During the week, a highly variable weather pattern brought wide temperature swings to much of the contiguous United States. An unusually cold airmass that had settled over the Plains at the start of the week pushed eastward,
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