There is a huge High pressure ridge stuck over the western region of the US for a week and looks to last for another week and a half giving record high temps or at least in Phoenix,AZ. This happened two winters ago where we are not getting any rain. What happened to the El Niño? If this is to be a strong El Niño this shouldn't be happening. A couple of days 10-15 degrees above normal I can see, but 2 1/2 weeks? I don't remember this back in '97-'98.