I have been quite alarmed at light about the stories, emerging regarding El Niño. This natural phenomena seems to have taken on the fear descriptives given to a horror movie; terms such as 'Godzilla El Niño' and 'Extreme El Nino' and regularly appearing in newspapers and online, giving the impression that

  All the talk has been of El Niño in recent weeks and our attention has been drawn away from other indices. One of these is the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO). How is the forecast in NAO (the grey shaded and bold black line area) from the excellent Kyle McRitchie site. Just look how