El Niño Advisory has been issued, what you need to know

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - The Climate Prediction Center has issued an El Niño Advisory. This means we are officially under El Niño conditions.

Below is a forecast of what we can expect from El Niño late this summer into fall.

Below is our current sea surface temperatures, see how it is rather warm off the coast of Peru.

In fact, we could see a “Super El Niño” when ocean temperatures off the coast of Peru are over 2 degrees C above average. The forecast is to be over 4 degrees C above average, which would make it the strongest El Niño since we’ve been looking at Pacific ocean temperatures back in 1950.

An El Niño pattern usually means we have a strong southern jet, which inhibits tropical systems as they approach the southeast. It also usually means a wet and cool winter, with arctic air bottled up to the north.

Know that we at the WIS First Alert Weather Center will keep an eye on this and its impacts to South Carolina!

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