Dettinger gives presentation on El Nino

The July 23 meeting of the San Diego County Water Authority's Water Planning committee included a presentation on El Nino weather patterns by U.S. Geological Survey and Scripps Institute of Oceanography research hydrologist Mike Dettinger.

"I think we will see an El Nino," Dettinger said. "We're seeing a lot of warmth in the oceans down in the tropics."

The meteorological information for months leading up to the potential 2015-16 El Nino season is similar to the months preceding the 1983 and 1998 El Ninos.

"Those are two of the biggest El Ninos in the 20th century," Dettinger said. "We're trac...