El Niño and La Niña events have been influencing the global weather for at least 250 million years. Understanding the past ...

La Niña winters are typically drier and warmer in the Southwest, but the current forecast leaves room for questions.

While winter snow is hard to forecast, a combination of below average temps and more precipitation is forecast in 2024.

They are part of a natural cycle known as the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO). The ENSO cycle loosely operates over timescales from one to eight years. La Niña occurs when equatorial trade winds ...

Satellite imagery can help determine the strength, size and cohesion of a storm. The stronger a storm becomes, the more ...

Old Man Winter is knocking on the door - so we're asking the question: How much snow can we expect this winter in the D.C.

Since the early summer, the world has been stuck in neutral status of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO). Sea surface ...

The cycle represents the link between ocean temperatures and atmospheric conditions that occur in the Pacific Ocean. ENSO has ...

The 2015–16 El Niño has likely reached its end. Tropical Pacific Ocean temperatures, trade winds, cloud and pressure patterns have all dropped back to near normal, although clearly the event's impacts ...

Last winter, the eastern Pacific Ocean experienced a robust El Nino, which was marked by higher-than-usual sea surface ...