May 2022 ENSO update: piece of cake
La Niña continued through April, and forecasters estimate a 61% chance of a La Niña three-peat for next fall and early winter. Current El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO, the entire El Niño and La Niña system) conditions, the forecast for the rest of the year, and some potential impacts are all on the dessert menu today…. La Niña’s northward-shifted jet stream is associated with less rain and snow over large regions of the western and southern US …. This can cause and exacerbate drought conditions.