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Latest El Niņo/La Niņo Advisory
The EL NIŅO/Southern Oscillation may amplify certain
hazardous weather evnets in the S.E. USA.
This does not mean that severe weather, hurricanes, or other damaging weather events will or will not occur.
Melbourne, Florida NWS -
EL Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Home Page
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NOAA: El Niņo
NOAA: La Niņa
Accessing Distributed Info Related to El Nino
EL NINO IN SOUTH FLORIDA
Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies
El Niņo is a term originally used to describe the appearance of warm (surface) water from time to time in
the eastern equatorial Pacific region along the coasts of Peru and Ecuador.
La Niņa is defined as cooler than normal sea-surface temperatures in the central and eastern tropical Pacific ocean that impact global weather patterns. La Niņa conditions recur every few years and can persist for as long as two years.
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