Why experts are warning about this year’s El Niño
- Weather experts warn that the current El Niño event could be the strongest in a lifetime due to unusually warm Pacific Ocean temperatures.
- The weather pattern is already suppressing Atlantic hurricane activity and is expected to bring lingering fall heat to northern and eastern U.S. states.
- Drenching storms, snow, sleet, and freezing rain are projected across the southern United States, Southeast and southern Plains.
- Environmental policy experts caution that anticipated winter precipitation will provide minimal relief to the American West’s long-term water crisis.
- Forecasters report a 90 percent chance that El Niño strength levels could peak in coming years, threatening unprecedented global temperatures and extreme weather.
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