El Niño 2026: Pacific Subsurface Heat Climbs to 11.1°C Above Average as Warm Pool Pushes East

The developing El Niño has produced its most alarming subsurface signal yet, with temperatures reportedly reaching 11.1°C above average beneath the equatorial Pacific. Only days after localized anomalies around +10°C were being tracked, the newest pentad analysis dated August 16 shows the hottest departures climbing even higher inside a vast body of abnormal warmth stretching […] The post El Niño…