Missing winds probably foiled 2014’s chance for El Niño
Rainstorms normally brought to West Coast will probably be unimpressive
LUKEWARM Warm water (red) in the Pacific Ocean sloshed eastward this spring, prompting many scientists to expect a strong 2014 El Niño. The bottom of the image shows a vertical cross section of seawater temperatures in mid-April; the warm pool extends roughly 100 meters deep off South America’s coast.
Dan Pisut/Climate Prediction Center/NOAA Climate.gov