NOAA Predicts Strongest El Niño on Record: How Might It Impact Colorado's Winter
NOAA says the strengthening climate pattern has a greater than 90% chance of becoming very strong and could shift winter snow toward the Southwest.
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According to the US National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), El Niño is expected to peak at a more intense level than previously predicted in late fall and early winter, with approximately a 70 percent probability of it being the most severe event on record dating back to 1950.
One of the strongest El Niños in recorded history still possible to help Colorado with snow this winter
If this El Niño warming continues into the winter, when it is expected to peak, there is a 69% chance it could be stronger than previous events going all the way back to 1950, including the all-time record-setting El Niño of 1982/83!
This El Niño could be one of the strongest. What that means for SoCal and what it doesn't
A look at water temperatures from satellite during an El Niño event, via NBCLA’s First Alert Forecast. The redder colors are warmer than average water temperatures. The stripe of warmer temps along the equator is El Niño (circled).
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