El Niño watch issued: Here's what that means

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The likelihood of transitioning to an El Niño climate pattern has continued to increase, prompting the Climate Prediction Center to issue an El Niño watch.According to the Climate Prediction Center an El Niño Watch is issued "when conditions are favorable for the development of El Niño conditions within the next six months." El Niño: The history and impactsWe're currently not experiencing El Niño. In fact, we're in an ENSO Neutral patter