… Forecasters are expecting a brief ENSO-neutral period (neither El Niño or La Niña conditions present) and then calling for a strong El Niño to roll in later this year. Initially, that chatter included the potential El Niño being a “Super El Niño,” but now there are mumbles of something even grander: a “Godzilla El Niño.” … The term Godzilla El Niño popped up a little over a decade ago as conditions for a massive El Niño were brewing over the Pacific. A NASA scientist by the name of Bill Patzert coined the phrase as a way of illustrating the expected scale of weather impacts, and that drew comparisons to the historic El Niño of 1997-1998. … San Francisco received the most rainfall it had seen in 100 years that winter (1997-1998). … And snowfall in many parts of the West reached double the average.

Other El Niño news:

• The Hill: Odds of a ‘Super El Nino’ growing, model shows. What that could mean
• The Weather Channel: Video: Could a super El Niño form in coming months?