Comment: A comparison made of two satellite images showed that 1997's El Nino gathered strength in November, while this year's weather pattern will be affecting a larger swath of the high seas in December.
This year, however, scientists believe that the prospect of witnessing the strongest El-Nino on record are pretty good.
The latest image and the 1997 image both show unusually high sea surface heights along the equator in the central and eastern Pacific. El Nino is already being felt in other parts...