Climate scientists: Effects of El Niño could produce more winter storms this season
Scientists say El Niño is a natural climate pattern that typically comes every two to seven years, which brings warmer-than-average sea surface temperatures to the equatorial Pacific Ocean.
•
Sep 27, 2023, 8:21 PM
•
Updated 303 days ago
Share:
More Stories
1:37
Storm Watch Team Meteorologist Skyler Harman strikes down lightning myths
8h ago2:33
Can swimming become dangerous due to extremely high water surface temperatures?
12h ago0:56
It's hurricane season. But where are all the storms?
yesterday1:33
SOUPY SUMMER: How high humidity has impacted this summer so far
2ds ago2:10
July 24, 2024 drought details and comparison for New Jersey, New York
2ds ago1:17
NYC tunnels face late-night closures for flood door tests
3ds ago1:37
Storm Watch Team Meteorologist Skyler Harman strikes down lightning myths
8h ago2:33
Can swimming become dangerous due to extremely high water surface temperatures?
12h ago0:56
It's hurricane season. But where are all the storms?
yesterday1:33
SOUPY SUMMER: How high humidity has impacted this summer so far
2ds ago2:10
July 24, 2024 drought details and comparison for New Jersey, New York
2ds ago1:17
NYC tunnels face late-night closures for flood door tests
3ds agoClimate scientists say that the effects of El Niño have the potential to impact this winter’s weather expectations.
Scientists say it is a natural climate pattern that typically comes every two to seven years, which brings warmer-than-average sea surface temperatures to the equatorial Pacific Ocean.
“The effects of El Niño are pretty pronounced across a lot of the continent, and really, a lot of the world,” says UCLA scientist Dr. Daniel Swain.
Swain says that El Niño typically leads to warmer and drier conditions in northern sections of the United States, with cooler and wetter weather across southern stretches of the U.S.
Scientists say that El Niño will likely mean more winter storms this January through March.
Swain says that the abnormally warm weather across the rest of the world’s oceans could change how El Niño impacts the U.S.
“The global oceans outside of the El Niño zone in the tropics are also extremely warm. And so that combination is something we haven't seen before,” he says.
