El Nino Changed to Unulualy High Strength Status

Federal forecasters upgraded this year's El Nino to an unusual strong status, but said it's probably not a record breaker or drought buster.

Mike Halpert, deputy director of the federal Climate Prediction Center, said the current worldwide weather shifting event doesn't match the monster El Nino of 1997-1998, nor is it likely to.

http://www.kcci.com/weather/forecasters-upgrade-el-nino-to-unusual-strong-status/35203068