Operations · Climate18 Sept 2026Panama Canal · Equatorial PacificEl Niño is strengthening. Gatún is already short
NOAA Climate Prediction Center, 10 September: El Niño Advisory. Sea-surface anomalies over +3.0°C in the eastern equatorial Pacific. Niño-3.4 +1.8°C in August. Greater than 90 percent chance of a very strong event in Northern Hemisphere fall and winter 2026–27.