{"id":10334,"date":"2023-10-25T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/modernsciences.org\/staging\/4414\/?p=10334"},"modified":"2023-10-13T06:38:15","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T06:38:15","slug":"what-is-a-strong-el-nino-meteorologists-anticipate-a-big-impact-in-winter-2023-but-the-forecasts-dont-all-agree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modernsciences.org\/staging\/4414\/what-is-a-strong-el-nino-meteorologists-anticipate-a-big-impact-in-winter-2023-but-the-forecasts-dont-all-agree\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a strong El Ni\u00f1o? Meteorologists anticipate a big impact in winter 2023, but the forecasts don\u2019t all\u00a0agree"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n The El Ni\u00f1o pattern stands out in the warm sea surface temperature anomalies in the Pacific in 2023.\n NOAA Climate.gov<\/a><\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n\nAaron Levine<\/a>, University of Washington<\/a><\/em><\/span>\n\n

Winter is still weeks away, but meteorologists are already talking about a snowy winter ahead<\/a> in the southern Rockies and the Sierra Nevada. They anticipate more storms<\/a> in the U.S. South and Northeast, and warmer, drier conditions across the already dry Pacific Northwest and the upper Midwest.<\/em><\/p>\n\n

One phrase comes up repeatedly with these projections: a strong El Ni\u00f1o<\/a> is coming.<\/em><\/p>\n\n

It sounds ominous. But what does that actually mean? We asked Aaron Levine<\/a>, an atmospheric scientist at the University of Washington whose research focuses on El Ni\u00f1o.<\/em><\/p>\n\n

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