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I get Science News, and to summarize a short article:
NOAA (Nat'l Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin) has announced that 
El Niño is back.  The last one was in 1997, and was the strongest 
on record.  NOAA isn't sure, but they suspect that this one will
be weaker.  

The effects of the new El Niño probably won't show up in the 
U.S. until fall.  Typical El Niño winters bring warmer-than-normal
temps to a region from S. Alaska to the upper Midwest and enhance
rainfall across the country's southern tier (hope some of that
increase comes up to PA).  

Other effects include increased rainfall in Peru and drought in
Indonesia and other areas of the western Pacific.

Chris Mauchline
SE PA, zone 6