Record El Niño Forecast To Have A Big Effect On CT Snowfall This Winter
- On Thursday, the World Meteorological Organization confirmed El Niño is firmly established and strengthening rapidly, with nearly 100% certainty it will persist through February 2027.
- WMO Secretary General Celeste Saulo told the Global Heat Forum in Bangkok that the ocean is "the warmest we've ever measured it," releasing stored heat and making more energy available for the event.
- Sea-Surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific are forecast to reach a record 3.7 degrees Celsius above normal from October-November-December, significantly exceeding the previous 2.6°C record set in 2015-2016.
- Researchers at the University of Chicago's Climate Impact Lab predict this "super-El Niño" could result in 451,000 excess deaths globally, while increasing risks of drought and floods through shifted rainfall patterns.
- Dubbed a "Godzilla" El Niño in Indonesia, the event could rank among the strongest observed since 1950, with WMO forecasts indicating further intensification before the anticipated December peak.
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Under the equatorial Pacific surface, water reaches more than 10 °C above its usual temperature. This accumulated heat feeds an episode of El Niño that, according to NOAA, the United States ocean and atmospheric agency, has a 75% chance of surpassing between October and December all those recorded since 1950. Against that backdrop, the NOAA Climate Prediction Center (CPC) foresees for October-December 2026 temperatures above normal in much of th…
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Le Journal de QuebecThe El Niño episode intensified to reach its highest level ever recorded
El Niño pattern continues to strengthen rapidly, NOAA Climate Prediction Center says
The experts at NOAA's Climate Prediction Center released their October update on the status of El Niño on Thursday morning, saying the pattern continues to strengthen rapidly.
Experts warn of the possible effects of extreme heat, as this large-scale phenomenon is expected to peak in December.
The phenomenon is intensifying and will persist until February 2027. The temperatures of the waters of the Central and Eastern Pacific will reach record levels between October, November and December 2026
Super El Niño is intensifying and could become one of the most powerful manifestations of the climate phenomenon since 1950. The Japan Meteorological Agency reported a surface temperature of 4 degrees Celsius above the norm in the Niño-3 region in September, the highest since observations began in 1949. The previous record was recorded in December 1997, when the deviation was 3.6 degrees. According to the forecast of the World Meteorological Org…
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