Climate models warn of possible ‘Super El Nino’ before end of year

Climate researchers say magnitude of predicted weather event uncertain but if an extreme El Niño occurs ‘we’ll need to buckle up’

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Climate models around the globe continue to warn of a potential El Niño developing later this year – a pattern of ocean warming in the Pacific that can increase the risk of catastrophic weather events around the globe.

Some models are raising the possibility later this year of an extreme, or “Super El Niño”, that is marked by very high temperatures in a central region of the Pacific around the equator.

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