El Nino 2024 Winter East Coast. El niño is a climate pattern characterized by the warming of the tropical eastern pacific ocean caused by the weakening of equatorial trade winds that blow. The latest forecast expects la niña to emerge this fall and persist through the.

With winter rapidly approaching, forecasters are taking a stab at what the continuing el niño will mean for snow conditions throughout north america. El niño is the “warm phase” of a larger phenomenon called the el niño southern oscillation (enso), with la niña (“little girl”) as the “cool phase” alternative.