{"id":356600,"date":"2026-06-11T18:47:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T18:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/356600\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T18:47:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T18:47:20","slug":"forecasters-powerful-el-nino-may-deliver-more-rain-to-california-usa-today-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/356600\/","title":{"rendered":"Forecasters: Powerful El Ni\u00f1o May Deliver More Rain to California, USA TODAY Reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/weather\/2026\/06\/11\/el-nino-forms-noaa-forecast\/90425649007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">USA TODAY<\/a> reported that federal forecasters have confirmed the arrival of El Ni\u00f1o conditions, signaling what could become one of the strongest events on record.<\/p>\n<p>The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration\u2019s Climate Prediction Center says there is a 63% chance the climate pattern will reach \u201cvery strong\u201d status by winter, potentially rivaling major El Ni\u00f1o events dating to 1950.<\/p>\n<p>El Ni\u00f1o develops when sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific Ocean become unusually warm, influencing weather patterns worldwide.<\/p>\n<p><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/gvwire.com\/contact\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280\u00d790-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280x90-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"   width=\"1280\" height=\"90\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Forecasters warn the event could intensify droughts, heavy rainfall and heat waves while amplifying the effects of climate change.<\/p>\n<p>In the United States, El Ni\u00f1o may bring hotter and drier conditions to parts of the Northwest and northern Plains, increased rainfall across the Southeast and Gulf Coast, and wetter weather in California, including the possibility of stronger storms and heavier mountain snowfall.<\/p>\n<p>The pattern is also expected to suppress Atlantic hurricane activity while boosting hurricane development in the eastern Pacific. Officials say the advance warning allows communities months to prepare.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/weather\/2026\/06\/11\/el-nino-forms-noaa-forecast\/90425649007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Read more at USA TODAY.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"USA TODAY reported that federal forecasters have confirmed the arrival of El Ni\u00f1o conditions, signaling what could become&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":356601,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8],"class_list":["post-356600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=356600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356600\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/356601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}