Forecasts Call for Weak-to-Nonexistent El Nino This Winter www.climatecentral.org/images/sized/images/uploads/news/10_4_12_andrew_sstanom-500x273.gif Sea surface temperature departures from average as of October 4, 2012. There is an area of warmer than average water in the eastern equatorial Pacific, but it is not warm enough to be classified as El Niño conditions. October 4th, 2012 http://www.climatecentral.org/news/el-nino-is-likely-to-be-weak-to-nonexistent-this-winter-climate-forecasters-say-15086 [with comments]