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encompasses the entire El Niño and La Niña system. La Niña is the opposite phase with cooler than average surface temperature and generally we see swings between the two. They tend to recur on a 2
to 7 year cycle. There's also a neutral phase in the middle when neither El Niño nor La Niña are present. So El Niño is just a normal part of this constantly replaying cycle in the ocean.
But what's not normal is how strong scientists are predicting that this current El Niño could become. We do have a grading system. We actually grade it based on the sea surface temperatures in
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