El Niño Coming to California and Baja for Christmas

It’s been months since climate scientist have known that the El Niño event was forming in the Eastern Pacific, with its effects already underway in many parts of the world, projected to be one of the most intense ones in the last 50 years. But November is coming to an end and we in Souther California and Baja are still using t-shirts and fans at night. Nevertheless, don’t lose hope, because rain is coming by Christmas time.

Source: rebloggy



According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the much talked-about rains will finally come starting this December, extending over the course of three months.



February will be the coldest and wettest month, affecting all of southern U.S., while the north will have higher temperatures. With the end of winter in the northern hemisphere, the climate phenomenon, El Niño Southern Oscillation (commonly called ENSO), will weaken at the end of spring or starting summer of 2016.



Rainfall in Baja California will surpass averages registered in past years, with the chance of reaching over 250 millimeters.

Source: thoughtcatalog



Experts still don’t know the impact that this phenomenon will have on the U.S., but so far dry conditions have occurred in different parts of the world, like the California wildfires. It has also affected the hurricane season, breaking the record of 17 hurricanes per year with 21 category 4 and 5 hurricanes this year. Also, all the extra warm waters associated with this El Niño are placing heat stress on sea life, and an intense coral bleaching event is currently underway.



Via Climate.gov and Climate Prediction Center



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Translated by: edgar.martinez@sandiegored.com