Missing winds probably foiled 2014’s chance for El Niño
Rainstorms normally brought to West Coast will probably be unimpressive
![map explaining no 2014 El Niño](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/ts_elnino_feat_free.png?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
LUKEWARM Warm water (red) in the Pacific Ocean sloshed eastward this spring, prompting many scientists to expect a strong 2014 El Niño. The bottom of the image shows a vertical cross section of seawater temperatures in mid-April; the warm pool extends roughly 100 meters deep off South America’s coast.
Dan Pisut/Climate Prediction Center/NOAA Climate.gov