El Niño forecast

Good news for the drought stricken southwestern U.S. — due to warmer than normal temperatures in the equatorial Pacific Ocean, most climatologists agree that there is a good chance (a 2–in–3 chance) of an El Niño during November 2014 – January 2015 season in the Northern Hemisphere. Although it forecasted to be a weak El Niño, these conditions hold promise that there will be greater than average rainfall during the late fall/early winter in most of the southern tier of…