El Nino Update

The latest update from the Climate Prediction Center still has a 60 – 65% chance of an El Nino occurring during the Northern Hemisphere fall and winter. Here is the model spread:   Here is an image of the sea surface height anomalies. Higher than normal sea surface indicates warmer ocean waters.     In […]

El Nino and La Nina

We’ve all heard about El Nino and La Nina summers, but what do they actually mean? Well, it has all to do with the temperature of the Pacific Ocean, around the equator. In a year that is determined to be El Nino, the sea surface temperature in the equatorial Pacific will be above normal. During […]