Guardian.UK: Temperature-boosting El Niño set for early return this year.

Rats. I didn't want to have to spring for a mini-split A/C unit this year, but maybe I'll have to. I suspect our next El Niño is going to be broilingly spectacular. And that ain't good. I've been noticing how many of our remaining junipers (the piñons mostly went in 2003) are dying, esp. on the foothill-tops. I joke we're turning into Phoenix - it's no joke anymore.