Palm trees bend in powerful winds that forced Southern California Edison to shut off power to the area on Thanksgiving day, Nov. 24, 2022, in San Jacinto, California. - Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times/TNS
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Past El Niño years won’t help meteorologists determine what this winter will look like, the National Weather Service said in a Tuesday morning update, because conditions this year are not typical. An El Niño was declared in May, meaning sea surface temperatures are warmer than normal in the equatorial eastern Pacific. This region of the ocean typically drives large-scale atmospheric patterns that impact us locally, Courtney Carpenter, warning coordination meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Sacramento, said in the video update. Here’s what El Niño conditions...
