From my back porch this morning.

We've been getting a lot of El Niño Rain; thus, fog and beautiful sunrises and sunsets.

"El Niño has an 80 percent chance of lasting into early spring 2016, according to an updated
forecast released on Thursday by the National Oceanic Atmospheric Adminisration (NOAA). NOAA also
reported that there is a greater than 90 percent chance of El Niño lasting through the upcoming
winter.

El Niño is an anomalous, yet periodic, warming of the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean.
For reasons still not well understood, every 2-7 years, this patch of ocean warms for six to 18
months.

The declaration that El Niño is likely to last into spring is important for the United States since
precipitation and temperature impacts from a moderate-to-strong El Niño are typically most
noticeable during the colder months."