El Niño has officially ended and La Niña conditions are expected to develop over the summer and peak in September during the hurricane season. Above-average temperatures are forecast for most of the contiguous US this summer, even before La Niña fully forms. The western US is also likely to be drier than normal. La Niña summers following strong El Niño winters have historically been some of the hottest on record for the US. Intense heat is possible. The end of El Niño means less wind shear disrupting storms in the Atlantic, allowing more hurricanes to potentially form and impact the US coast.
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00:00It's Benzinga, and here's what's on the block.
00:02El Niño has officially ended and La Niña conditions are expected to develop over the
00:07summer and peak in September during the hurricane season.
00:10Above average temperatures are forecast for most of the continental US this summer, even
00:14before La Niña fully forms.
00:17The western US is also likely to be drier than normal.
00:20La Niña summers following strong El Niño winters have been historically some of the
00:23hottest on record for the United States.
00:26Intense heat is possible.
00:28The end of El Niño means less wind shear, disrupting storms in the Atlantic, allowing
00:32more hurricanes to potentially form and impact the US coast.
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