El Niño likely by August or September
August 19, 2012
The temperatures in the eastern Pacific Ocean are the thing to watch if you are trying to forecast weather patterns, and recently, rising ocean temperatures have led forecasters to predict the development of an El Niño starting in August or September.
If an El Niño really does develop later this summer, what does this mean for you?
- above average rainfall in the southern tier of the U.S. - below average rainfall in the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes…