A diagram of the patterns that create El Niño and La Niña over the Pacific Ocean. (NOAA) During normal conditions, prevailing winds blow from east to west, pushing surface water from South ...

El Niño and its opposite, La Niña, are climate patterns that influence weather around the world. El Niño tends to raise global temperatures, as we saw in 2023, while La Niña events tend to be ...

NOAA Maps Reveal How El Niño Will Impact US Rain and Snow This Winter Published Dec 08, 2023 at 9:01 AM EST Updated Dec 09, 2023 at 8:22 AM EST ...

El Niño is creeping into “strong” territory, the National Weather Service’s latest advisory indicated Thursday, and the phenomenon is forecast to remain at least at this strength into the ...

While El Niño’s impacts are never a guarantee, the climate pattern tends to influence weather across the U.S. as it reaches peak strength in the winter.

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 insight ...

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 ...

El Niño is set to hit the world hard this year - which will cause a drastic change in weather conditions compared to average The season's first snow fell down on 17.9 percent of the contiguous U ...

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 insight ...