Hidden beyond the current El Niño hype, solid evidence exists that the demise of the record-breaking event has already begun and that all traces of it will have vanished by next August. The warm sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies in the central-east Pacific Ocean, which characterize El Niño and have been steadily rising since early March, have reached a plateau in recent weeks ( tmsnrt.rs/1UXHGTv ). The current El Niño event has been compared to those in 1997/98 and 1982/83, the strongest two events observed since 1950. Last month, SST anomalies surpassed the record-warm monthly values of November 1997. The 1997/98 and 1982/83 El Niño events began dismantling in almost the exact same way, both during the height of their strength, and the data shows an uncannily similar pattern is already unfolding in 2015. This certainly marks the beginning of the end for the monster El Niño, and not […]