After three consecutive years of an unusually stubborn pattern, La Niña has officially ended and El Niño is on the way, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Have you heard of El Niño or La Niña? ... Below is an example of a SST Anomalies chart, which will help depict El Niño or La Niño conditions. What is a SST anomaly?

SST Anomaly The Climate Prediction Center recently updated its ENSO (El Niño-Southern Oscillation) forecast and pointed toward a rapid transition from El Niño to ENSO-Neutral and then quickly to ...

In fact, 2022 was the warmest La Niña on record, and adding the additional heat of El Niño means the next year or two will likely climb even higher on the list of hottest years on record.

I’ve also identified this warm and dry possibility with my experience of a few years of El Niño to La Niña in summer. The summers of 1988 and 1995 had this situation. Both were memorable hot ...

The SST anomaly patterns in peak phase can be classified into EP, EP-like, and CP types for El Niño, and EP, mixed (MIX), and CP types for La Niña. The general type of each El Niño or La Niña event is ...

El Niño and La Niña are opposite phases of a natural climate pattern across the tropical Pacific Ocean. These two phases make up the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO). ENSO pattern can be in ...