{"id":11230,"date":"2015-08-19T07:15:55","date_gmt":"2015-08-19T12:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=11230"},"modified":"2015-08-19T07:15:55","modified_gmt":"2015-08-19T12:15:55","slug":"biggest-el-nino-of-our-generation-may-be-tempered-by-the-blob","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=11230","title":{"rendered":"‘Biggest El Ni\u00f1o of our generation’ may be tempered by The Blob"},"content":{"rendered":"
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‘Biggest El Ni\u00f1o of our generation’ may be tempered by The Blob<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n

Climatologists unsure of outcome of battle of ‘Godzilla’ El Ni\u00f1o vs. the Pacific Blob<\/strong><\/p>\n

For many drought-weary Californians, it has become the\u00a0‘Great Wet Hope.’ Bill Patzert, a climatologist with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, has given it a less enthusiastic nickname.<\/p>\n

“This is the Godzilla El Ni\u00f1o,” Patzert says. “This potentially could be the El Ni\u00f1o of our generation.”<\/p>\n

El Ni\u00f1o is the term for\u00a0a massive patch of warm water that appears in the\u00a0the Equatorial Pacific every few years, affecting\u00a0weather patterns across the world.\u00a0Typically, its appearance means more rain on the Pacific coast and a milder winter west of the Rockies.<\/p>\n