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- NOAA Climate Prediction Center says there is a 75% chance the El Niño will exceed 1950 strength.
- Water temperatures in the equatorial eastern Pacific are now more than 3 °C above average.
- A stronger El Niño is expected to bring a wet winter to the southern United States.
- The same El Niño may cause a milder, drier winter across the northern United States.