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By Gary Robbins8:05 P.M.SEPT. 10, 2014Updated12:37 P.M.SEPT. 11, 2014
El Nino has warmed the waters along the San Diego County coastline to 75 degrees -- seven degrees above normal, says the National Weather Service.
"The El Nino signal is weak in the eastern Pacific, but it is still having an effect all the way up here," says Jimmy Taeger, a weather service forecaster.
There also has been comparatively little marine layer in recent weeks to cool the ocean, and onshore winds have been generally light.
Over the weekend, the balmy waters enabled Hurricane Norbert to travel unusually far up Baja California, triggering record rainfall Monday in Phoenix. But scientists say the El Nino is very weak and is unlikely to enhance rainfall this winter in Southern California, which is now in the third year of drought.
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