El Niño and La Niña sound kind of like a pair of 16th century Spanish galleons, but the terms are related to weather patterns that can suppress or enhance tropical storm and hurricane formation.

What to expect ahead: The demise of El Niño is expected to occur by early summer, according to NOAA's Climate Prediction Center. NOAA gives a 60% chance of La Niña developing between June and ...

Early signs of a possible La Niña fall and winter are emerging in some climate models, federal forecasters announced Thursday ...

La Niña and El Niño are the opposite phases of what is called the El Niño-Southern Oscillation, ... and wetter and more likely to flood along the U.S. Gulf Coast and in the Southeast.

El Niño Could Vanish By June, La Niña Still Likely By Late Summer, NOAA Says Jonathan Erdman . Published: May 9, 2024. ... particularly in the western Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico ...

The latest forecast indicates La Niña conditions could return just in time for winter despite El Niño-Southern Oscillation-neutral conditions well past the end of summer, according to the National ...

It's official: El Niño is gone. We're now under ENSO conditions. And get ready, because chances are high La Niña will be here during the peak of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season. Let's explain ...

Rippey says just like the impacts of El Niño are still being felt four months after its peak, the claws of La Niña may not come until fall. “Even if we make that transition into La Niña by ...

2025 Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook: Here’s How Active This Year Could Be Without El Nino, La Nina Patterns. Despite the historical precedent over nearly the last 60 years, forecasters at ...

La Niña, the cool-water “little sister” of El Niño, took its time coming to life this season. Sea surface temperatures in the equatorial Pacific didn’t definitively dip below the La Niña threshold ...

El Niño and La Niña are powerful weather events that affect the U.S. Here's the difference and what La Niña could mean for Arizona weather this year.