FIRST ALERT WEATHER: Explaining El Niño and what it could mean for the coming winter

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) – By now, you’ve probably heard we’re heading into a Super El Niño, and it’s going to have a big impact on your winter.

But what exactly is El Niño?

It’s the cycle where we get warmer-than-normal water along the Equatorial Pacific, and that causes a chain reaction of weather patterns across North America. As a result, the Climate Prediction Center is forecasting warmer-than-normal wintertime temperatures across the northern United States, and below-normal precipitation, including snowfall…

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