NOAA’s latest El Niño blog post indicates that not only are we still in a strong El Niño but that they have also issued a La Niña watch for the next few months. I’ve been talking about the possibility of swinging from one extreme to the other in the past few months, and now it seems that NOAA is taking steps to make this prediction official. We will continue to see effects from the El Niño for the next few months as it continues to wane, but now we can expect to see La Niña effects start to affect us later this year. That includes a warmer and drier than normal winter next year as well as a more active Atlantic hurricane season this summer. Read more about it here. AgWeb also has an article here.
