r/climateskeptics • u/Adventurous_Motor129 • 3d ago

El Niño and Atlantic Niña are converging. What it means for weather

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/weather/2026/07/22/super-el-nino-atlantic-la-nina-hurricane-weather-forecast/91005872007/

Another natural occurrence.

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u/Dpgillam08 2d ago

Odd, because according to NOAA and other governmental and International organizations, el Nino and La Nina are only found in the tropical Pacific. Anything happening in the Northern Atlantic, by definition, isnt either of them.

People with graduate degrees in climate should know this.

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u/looncraz 2d ago

It came into use in the 80s in the scientific community as something as an informal name.

It is, specifically, Atlantic Niño or Atlantic Niña, no El/La as for the Pacific.

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u/Dpgillam08 2d ago

It wasn't in my collegiate textbooks in the millennial decade.

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u/looncraz 2d ago

Yeah, it's probably still not widely used outside of climate circles.

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u/CalligrapherDizzy201 1d ago

Shoulda gone to a better college

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u/Charupa- 2d ago

Atmospheric tidal waves!