idk what that image shows, but that giant red pene de diablo coming out of Peru looks terrifying

The term Super El Niño is commonly used for events in which sea surface temperature anomalies in the main ENSO region reach or exceed +2 degrees above the long-term average. All forecasts now indicate that this event will reach far above that, exceeding even the extreme +3 threshold (unofficial) in a lot of scenarios.

For anyone else wondering why it’s called “Super”