El Nino 2024 Meaning. El niño starts as warm water builds up along the equator in the eastern tropical pacific ocean, off south america. That strong el niño is now starting to weaken and will likely be gone by late spring 2024.
La niña cools the surface waters, leading to increased atlantic hurricanes, droughts in the southern us, and wetter conditions in southeast asia. That strong el niño is now starting to weaken and will likely be gone by late spring 2024.