Latest forecast suggests record El Niño coming to SoCal

The weather occurrence which is known as El Nino is stirring in the Pacific Ocean and this year’s could possibly be one of the strongest ever, lifting the chance of floods and other weather disasters this winter in Southern California, according to NBC News.

There are a lot of variables going into this winter so you can’t just look back at all El Nino years and say that is going to happen this winter.

NASA oceanographer Bill Patzert said satellite measurements show this El Nino to be now more powerful than 1997-98, which often is thought of as the king.

California State Climatologist Michael Anderson says “California can not count on potential El Niño conditions to halt or reverse drought conditions.

Even with the anticipated El Nino, California still won’t be clear of the statewide drought.

With wildfires raging and three months to go before the start of the winter rainy season, drought-stricken California received promising news Thursday: El Nio conditions in the Pacific Ocean continue to gain momentum, increasing with every week the chances of desperately needed wet winter weather on the West Coast.

Analysts are factoring the El Nino into their natural gas price forecasts. Its resulting patterns include heavy rainfall throughout winter. Still, California officials warned that the public should not expect for the storms caused by the El Nino to end the state’s persistent drought.

Above-average temperatures are seen as likely in the Pacific Northwest and the rest of the northern U.S., as well as Alaska and Hawaii, he said.

The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration recorded unusual warmth in the Pacific Ocean in the last three months. This year’s warming is actually having some climatologists nickname it a possible Super El Nino.

2 degrees C above normal is considered to be a very strong El Nino.

While few argue that California needs a wet one, wildfires raging across the state this summer set the stage for flooding and mudslides.

Below-Normal Atlantic Hurricane Season.