“El Niño nudges the odds in favor of certain climate outcomes, but never ensures them,” Michelle L’Heureux, one of the two scientists behind the new maps, explained in a NOAA blog post.

Map shows how El Nino conditions will affect food production in different parts of the world. Purple represents positive impacts on crop yields, while orange represents severe negative impacts.

Newly released maps from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration provide a clue. While they aren't forecasts, they show where and how much snow has fallen during previous El Niño winters.

A graphic shared by NOAA shows how El Nino 2023 will affect the United States. A graphic shared by NOAA shows how El Nino 2023 will affect the United States. NOAA Climate.gov A wet winter can be ...

A new international study led by researchers at Tulane University shows that the El Niño and La Niña climate patterns affect ...

The butterfly effect suggests that small changes in a system can have a large impact on eventual outcomes. One metaphor used ...

The map above depicts how much snow differs from average across all El Niño winters, regardless of El Niño’s strength. The drier trend that’s typical across the northern US shows up well in ...

The map below shows the same data for stronger El Niño winters. The pronounced darker hues represent more extreme shifts in snowfall during a strong El Niño compared to an average one.

(CNN) — As the US gears up for a winter heavily influenced by the first strong El Niño in years, scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have released maps that offer ...