{"id":120320,"date":"2023-10-19T12:40:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T12:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/?p=120320"},"modified":"2023-10-19T12:40:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T12:40:00","slug":"nasas-watching-intensifying-deadly-el-nino-storm-set-to-strike-next-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/world-news\/nasas-watching-intensifying-deadly-el-nino-storm-set-to-strike-next-month\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA’s watching ‘intensifying’ deadly El Ni\u00f1o storm set to strike next month"},"content":{"rendered":"

The feared El Ni\u00f1o storm weather system could strike land for the first time this year in just a matter of weeks.<\/p>\n

NASA boffins are monitoring the storm, generally associated with record-breaking warm temperatures worldwide, as it intensifies. El Ni\u00f1o (meaning 'the boy') and its cold counterpart La Ni\u00f1a (meaning 'the girl') are the two periods that make up the El Ni\u00f1o Southern Oscillation cycle (ENSO). <\/p>\n

According to the Met Office: "An El Ni\u00f1o is declared when sea temperatures in the tropical eastern Pacific rise 0.5C above the long-term average. The conditions for declaring 'La Ni\u00f1a' differ between different agencies, but during an event sea temperatures can often fall 3-5C below average."<\/p>\n

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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) officially declared El Ni\u00f1o was underway on June 8 this year, with La Nina being spotted for the first time earlier this month \u2013 and NASA has been monitoring it ever since. They are expecting it to make landfall in late November or early December, and are also claiming that it \u201cmay still intensify\u201d before doing so \u2013 although, for clarity, NASA refers to the overall weather system as El Nino, not the individual names.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery El Ni\u00f1o is a little bit different,\u201d said Josh Willis, Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich project scientist at NASA\u2019s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. \u201cThis one seems modest compared to the big events, but it could still give us a wet winter here in the Southwest United States if conditions are right. This year, sea levels are about two or three inches higher than average and over a smaller area compared to the 1997 and 2015 events.<\/p>\n

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