Here is how sea surface temperatures differed from the
1981-2010 average during May of 2018. (Source: ENSO Blog/Climate.gov
El Niño is gestating in the Pacific, possibly heralding
warmer global temps and extreme weather in 2019
Forecasters peg
the odds of the El Niño emerging in the tropical Pacific at 65 percent. A warming
of Pacific waters beneath the surface means conditions are favorable for
weather-altering phenomenon within the next 6 months. El Niño also leads to
shifts in the jet stream that cause some regions to be drier than average, and
others wetter.
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