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El Nino is officially underway. Here’s what that means for the weather
After months of anticipation, El Ni?o has officially developed and will have a heavy hand in shaping the weather patterns around the world into 2024.
On Thursday morning, NOAA's Climate Prediction Center announced that "El Ni?o conditions are present and are expected to gradually strengthen into the Northern Hemisphere for the winter of 2023-24."
El Ni?o is a regular climate phenomenon in the eastern Pacific Ocean when water temperatures near the equator are at least 0.9 of a degree F (0.5 of a degree C) above the historical average for a three-month period. The extended period of warmth in this region of the ocean alters the jet stream and the overall weather patterns across North America.
Sunset On June 23
Across most of New York State, tonight (June 23rd) is the latest sunset of the year. This is because while on June 22nd the sunrise has started to occur later (making the days about 15 seconds shorter), the evenings have kept picking up a handful of seconds. Today, that changes. Sunset tonight will be at 8:37 PM in Albany, and will start occurring about 4 seconds earlier on Saturday night, as we start the slow but continuous progress towards winter, and the shortest days of the year.
The latest sunset in New York tonight will be in the Town of Porter, Niagara County on Lake Ontario. There the sun will set at 8:59 PM. The earliest sunset will be at 8:24 PM in the Town of East Hampton, Suffolk County, which is commonly known the "Hamptons".
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Western NY – Terra – May 31, 2022
You can see the cultivated ground this time of year clearly on the Terra Satellite in Western NY.
MODIS Terra – June 1, 2023
Nice sharp image this morning!