{"id":596940,"date":"2026-05-06T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=596940"},"modified":"2026-05-06T03:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T03:00:00","slug":"meteorologists-sound-alarm-over-el-nino-plume-racing-across-pacific-like-freight-train-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=596940","title":{"rendered":"Meteorologists Sound Alarm Over El Nino Plume Racing Across Pacific Like &#8220;Freight Train&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">Meteorologists Sound Alarm Over El Nino Plume Racing Across Pacific Like &#8220;Freight Train&#8221; <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>Meteorologists on X are once again warning about a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/weather\/meteorologists-warn-about-super-el-nino-event\">powerful El Ni\u00f1o<\/a>, pointing to a <strong>new plume of warm subsurface water moving across the Pacific &#8220;like a freight train<\/strong>.&#8221; The latest water temperature data suggest that El Ni\u00f1o later this year could rank among the strongest on record, with potentially significant implications for the Lower 48.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Updated El Ni\u00f1o forecast for this summer\/autumn is &#8216;off the charts&#8217; <strong>EXTREME with &#8216;boiling red&#8217; map colors along Equatorial central and eastern Pacific Ocean<\/strong>,&#8221; meteorologist Ryan Maue wrote on X. He said this is &#8220;code red the Earth&#8217;s climate system going into Summer 2026,&#8221; which only means &#8220;<strong>suppressed Atlantic hurricane activity<\/strong>.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">Updated El Ni\u00f1o forecast for this summer\/autumn is &#8220;off the charts&#8221; EXTREME with &#8220;boiling red \ud83d\udd34&#8221; map colors along Equatorial central and eastern Pacific Ocean.<\/p>\n<p>This is &#8220;Code Red&#8221; for the Earth&#8217;s climate system going into Summer 2026 &#8211;&gt; suppressed Atlantic hurricane activity. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NSCJPak6Xt\">pic.twitter.com\/NSCJPak6Xt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ryan Maue (@RyanWeather) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RyanWeather\/status\/2051651948017791146?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 5, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Meteorologist Ben Noll said, &#8220;<strong>A brand new El Ni\u00f1o plume from ECMWF reaches +3\u02daC in most scenarios by November, which would put this event among the strongest on record<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">Breaking: Brand new El Ni\u00f1o plume from ECMWF reaches +3\u02daC in most scenarios by November, which would put this event near the strongest on record. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/m2OOTeXcx8\">pic.twitter.com\/m2OOTeXcx8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ben Noll (@BenNollWeather) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenNollWeather\/status\/2051635135087538209?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 5, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Noll continued,<strong> &#8220;A freight train of warm water continues to chug across the subsurface Pacific Ocean.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">Super El Ni\u00f1o: A freight train of warm water continues to chug across the subsurface Pacific Ocean.<\/p>\n<p>The level of warmth is record-breaking in some areas, peaking around 7\u02daC (13\u02daF) above average.<\/p>\n<p>This heat should lead to more intense El Ni\u00f1o projections in May model updates. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Y3YKFbgMA7\">pic.twitter.com\/Y3YKFbgMA7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ben Noll (@BenNollWeather) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenNollWeather\/status\/2051297039976423861?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 4, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If a super El Ni\u00f1o materializes, it could shift weather patterns worldwide, increasing the risk of flooding in some regions, drought and wildfires in others, and further raising global temperatures. An El Ni\u00f1o event typically strengthens the Pacific jet stream and redistributes heat and moisture globally.<\/p>\n<p><a data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/map_24.png?itok=PvPjDcab\" data-link-option=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/map_24.png?itok=PvPjDcab\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"8ea3dcc5-d859-4035-80ea-29c3a42364a4\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" height=\"319\" width=\"500\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/map_24.png?itok=PvPjDcab\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Across the U.S., an El Ni\u00f1o influences seasonal rainfall, especially during winter. The stronger, more active jet stream typically shifts southward, bringing wetter-than-average conditions to the southern U.S., including California, the Gulf Coast, and the Mid-South.<\/p>\n<p><a data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2026-04-08_08-29-27.png?itok=bmbxBosS\" data-link-option=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2026-04-08_08-29-27.png?itok=bmbxBosS\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"b4b9d44e-b376-47ba-a611-91d233230100\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" height=\"355\" width=\"500\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/2026-04-08_08-29-27.png?itok=bmbxBosS\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The good news is that El Ni\u00f1o reduces Atlantic hurricane activity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>      <span class=\"field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden\"><a title=\"View user profile.\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/users\/tyler-durden\" lang=\"\" class=\"username\" xml:lang=\"\">Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden\">Tue, 05\/05\/2026 &#8211; 23:00<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/map_24.png?itok=PvPjDcab\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meteorologists Sound Alarm Over El Nino Plume Racing Across Pacific Like &#8220;Freight Train&#8221; Meteorologists on X are once again warning about a powerful El Ni\u00f1o, pointing to a new plume of warm subsurface water moving across the Pacific &#8220;like a freight train.&#8221; The latest water temperature data suggest that El Ni\u00f1o later this year could&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=596940\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Meteorologists Sound Alarm Over El Nino Plume Racing Across Pacific Like &#8220;Freight Train&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":596929,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,19,10,21,12,11,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-596940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cancel-culture","category-censorship","category-civil-liberties","category-election-integrity","category-equal-justice","category-free-speech","category-religious-freedom","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=596940"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596940\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/596929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=596940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=596940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=596940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}