Latest Update: Strong El Niño Persists, And It's Likely to Continue Into Spring. Here's Why.

A spear of abnormally warm water extending along the equator off the coast of South America shows that the strong El Niño of 2015 continues. Even as El Niño has strengthened over the past few months, it has always been possible that it would stall. But the latest report, released on September 29 by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, shows that it is still going strong: