Meteorologists and weather forecasters say it’s a toss-up, although most agree that a strong El Niño pattern typically brings above-normal temperatures and more storms.
“It typically brings very stormy weather across the country, more storms,” said Luis Rosa, meteorologist at the Sterling, Va., office of the National Weather Service. “That means probably a lot of storms for the Southeast and Eastern United States. But it depends on temperatures and other factors.”
The National Weather Service last week issued an advisory giving a 90 percent chance that El Niño — a weather pattern that begins with warming waters in the Pacific Ocean and carries with it the threat of severe weather and natural disasters — continues into the winter. Scientists put an 85 percent chance of it continuing into next spring.
One National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration blog jokingly referred to it as the“Bruce Lee” El Niño, and a NASA scientist took that a step further saying it has “Godzilla” potential.
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