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The term Super El Niño is commonly used for events in which sea surface temperature anomalies in the main ENSO region reach or exceed +2 degrees above the long-term average. All forecasts now indicate that this event will reach far above that, exceeding even the extreme +3 threshold (unofficial) in a lot of scenarios.

For anyone else wondering why it's called "Super"

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