(Super) El Niño 2026-27

[N0mz]

I figured it would be worth it to have a centralized discussion on the impacts of the seemingly certain very strong +ENSO setting in as we speak and will peak sometime around New Year's this winter. As a DC snow weenie, I'm very excited, but of course it's way too far out to tell. I also don't have any idea which ENSO forecasting products are any good, so I'd like to pick up some pointers on what tools to lean on and to ignore.

 

[KevinH]

Isn't THIS El Niño supposed to be the strongest ever?

 

[JPWX]

I would expect the Deep South and even Gulf Coast to get in on a few significant winter storms upcoming winter