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El Nino explained, and what it means for Californians

Nypost · · 263 words · By Corey Moss
California Weather Risks Climate Prediction
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“Weather experts are predicting another El Niño in 2026”
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The provided evidence includes general weather service links and Wikipedia entries about the 2023-2024 El Niño, but none of the sources mention a specific prediction for another El Niño event in 2026.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a global climate phenomenon that emerges from variation in winds and sea surface temperatures over the tropical Pacific Ocean. Those variations have an irregular…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Niño–Southern_Oscillation
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2023–2024 El Niño was regarded as the fifth-most powerful El Niño–Southern Oscillation event in recorded history, resulting in widespread droughts, flooding and other natural disasters across the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023–2024_El_Niño_event
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Effects of the El Niño–Southern Oscillation in Australia are present across most of Australia, particularly the north and the east, and are one of the main climate drivers of the country. Associated w…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_the_El_Niño–Souther…
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“The late-summer through early-winter weather will be determined by what’s happening now in the middle of the Pacific Ocean near the equator … and that is warming water.”
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Wikipedia confirms that the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a global climate phenomenon emerging from variations in sea surface temperatures over the tropical Pacific Ocean, which drives weather patterns.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — There are many effects of climate change on oceans. One of the most important is an increase in ocean temperatures. More frequent marine heatwaves are linked to this. The rising temperature contribute…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_climate_change_on_o…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a global climate phenomenon that emerges from variation in winds and sea surface temperatures over the tropical Pacific Ocean. Those variations have an irregular…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Niño–Southern_Oscillation
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An ocean current is a continuous, directed movement of seawater generated by a number of forces acting upon the water, including wind, the Coriolis effect, breaking waves, cabbeling, and temperature a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_current
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“Most people in Southern California will remember Hilary. By the time it got to California, all of that moisture was getting banked up against the San Jacinto Mountains, drenched the deserts, and the effects were just catastrophic with the flooding. That’s when we had a strong El Nino.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that Tropical Storm/Hurricane Hilary caused potentially catastrophic flooding in the mountains and deserts of California. Wikipedia notes that such events are more likely during El Niño years, and the 2023-2024 period was a powerful El Niño event.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2023 Pacific hurricane season was an active and highly destructive Pacific hurricane season. In the Eastern Pacific basin (east of 140°W), 17 named storms formed; 10 of those became hurricanes, of…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Pacific_hurricane_season
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since 1854, at least 106 tropical cyclones affected the U.S. state of California, including a hurricane in 1858 that produced hurricane-force winds near San Diego. This averages to roughly once a year…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_California_hurricanes
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The list of United States hurricanes includes all tropical cyclones officially recorded to have produced sustained winds of greater than 74 mph (119 km/h) in the United States, which is the minimum th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_hurrican…
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“The next level higher is known as a “Super El Niño,””
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Web search results from CNN and other sources explicitly use the term 'Super El Niño' to describe an event stronger than a typical El Niño, and discuss the monitoring of such intensity via the Nino3.4 index.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2023–2024 El Niño was regarded as the fifth-most powerful El Niño–Southern Oscillation event in recorded history, resulting in widespread droughts, flooding and other natural disasters across the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023–2024_El_Niño_event
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a global climate phenomenon that emerges from variation in winds and sea surface temperatures over the tropical Pacific Ocean. Those variations have an irregular…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Niño–Southern_Oscillation
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The discography of Latin-American heavy metal band Ill Niño consists of seven studio albums, one compilation album, one video album, three extended plays and nineteen singles. The band was founded in …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ill_Niño_discography
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