The ongoing El Niño event continues to have significant and widespread impacts. 
The signature of this event, which started in June 2009, is seen in basin-wide 
Pacific Ocean conditions, and in many of the climate patterns around the world that 
are typically impacted by an El Niño event. The most likely outcome by mid-year 
2010 is for the El Niño event to have decayed and near-neutral conditions to be 
re-established across the tropical Pacific.