Bombshell new memo reveals supercharged El Nio set to smash California: Not normal

A supercharged El Niño is gaining strength in the Pacific Ocean and could batter California later this year and into next, according to a new report.The latest outlook, released Thursday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, warns El Niño is expected to intensify through the end of the year, the SFGATE reports.There’s also a 60% chance the weather phenomenon becomes the most powerful recorded since 1950, according to NOAA.The biggest news, opinion and culture shaping California right now.

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Never miss a story “This is not your normal El Niño,” Daniel Rudnick, a physical oceanographer at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography, told SFGATE.According to NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, there is now a greater than 79% chance that strong to very strong El Niño conditions will persist through Jan.to March 2027.The agency’s latest findings show temperatures in portions of the eastern equatorial Pacific have climbed more than 4 degrees Celsius above normal, with unusually warm waters spreading farther west.Forecasters believe the phenomenon will continue gaining strength before gradually weakening in early 2027.

NOAA’s next El Niño update is scheduled for Dec.10.But NOAA cautioned that even an exceptionally powerful El Niño does not guarantee that every region will experience the extreme weather typically associated with the phenomenon.California could be among the areas most affected by the intensifying weather pattern, which has historically been associated with wetter winters across the southern US.El Niño occurs when ocean temperatures rise above normal in the central and eastern tropical Pacific, disrupting atmospheric circulation and influencing weather patterns around the globe.The phenomenon typically develops every two to seven years and can go on for anywhere b...