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The forecast for the festival's second weekend looks similar.
In Southern California, strong El Niños increase the likelihood of wet winters that replenish water supplies and reduce wildfire risk but can also unleash flooding and coastal erosion.
El Niño is the warming of the sea surface temperatures thousands of miles away from the Bay Area in the Equatorial Pacific.
Earlier this month, scientists at NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, issued an “El Niño Watch” for this summer. They said there is a 62% chance that El Niño conditions will appear from June through August,
A storm in Northern California this weekend caused Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014 to reroute.
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‘Strong' El Niño may be brewing. Here's what it could mean for Southern California
After two winters of La Niña, an official “El Niño Watch” is underway, the National Weather Service Climate Protection Center said Thursday. In its latest ENSO Alert System Status report, the Climate Protection Center said there’s a 61 percent chance that an El Niño is “likely to emerge” between this May and June,
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A change in weather patterns this week will bring a major cooldown to Southern California after weeks of above-average temperatures. Cool temps won't last long, meteorologists say.