Hurricane forecasters are carefully watching ocean temperatures in the Pacific Ocean for changes that signal El Niño or La Niña, major global climate patterns that affect hurricane season outlooks.

La Niña is the cold phase of the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) cycle, a natural climate pattern of atmospheric and sea temperature changes in the tropical Pacific Ocean, a region that ...

Southern Wisconsin will see partly to mostly cloudy skies today with scattered showers and a few thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening. High temperatures will reach the middle 60s despite cloud ...

The short-lived reign of La Niña has come to an end. La Niña – a natural climate pattern that can influence weather worldwide – arrived at the start of this year but had a very short and odd ...

While La Nina causes cooler-than-average temperatures, raising the chance of both floods and droughts, thereby affecting crops, ENSO neutral means the water temperature remains near the average ...

It will take a little time for the impacts of La Niña to fade completely. This recurring climate pattern tends to make the jet stream more variable over the northern part of the country ...

After a hopeful end to March, April has brought back the dry pattern — and rain remains ... this event falls right in the heart of severe weather season. 6 - 10 Day precipitation Outlook.