Not even a Super El Nino — which climatologists say is likely to develop this summer — could undo the damage in Colorado after a historically low snowpack. It may, however, offer a glimmer of hope that relief is on its way.  “Overall, between the very low snowpack and the warm, dry winter and start to spring …. we are in drought conditions across basically the entire state, and they, at this time, are worsening,” said Peter Goble, the assistant state climatologist at the Colorado Climate Center, said at the monthly Colorado Water Conditions Monitoring Committee meeting on Tuesday, April 21. “But this is probably the most optimistic seasonal outlook that I’ve been able to give on one of these calls in quite some time.” 

Other El Niño news:

• KUNC (Greeley, Colo.): A super El Niño is in the forecast. Here’s what that means for Colorado
• The Washington Post: What a 5,000-mile long marine heat wave means for summer in the U.S.