"April is often too soon to gain a confident sense of whether El Niño, La Niña, or neutral conditions will be in place for the next northern fall and winter.

This year, though, the tropical Pacific seems intent on punching right through the notorious “spring predictability barrier” of the El Niño/Southern Oscillation, or ENSO."

Yale Climate Connections

https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/04/a-powerhouse-el-nino-event-appears-to-be-brewing-for-2026-27/

Chances for rain will be back in the area by next week, could be an issue towards the start of baseball season in Chattanooga with the home debut of the Lookouts.

More in tonight's @WDEFNews12 exclusive video weatherblog #WeatherOvertime. #ShareAndEnjoy

https://youtube.com/live/A6l_R-rXZmk

April is #CitizenScience Month. Help SciStarter by participating in 2.5 Million #ActsOfScience

Help scientists analyze movies from the brain affected with Alzheimer’s - are the blood vessels flowing or stalled? To fully understand how stalls are contributing to Alzheimer’s and discover potential treatment targets, we need to get through lots of data. We need your keen eyes for that. Join us on April 16th, 2026 for Game Night for Science: Play Stall Catchers Online!

https://scistarter.org/stall-catchers-by-eyesonalz

Thanks to @WDEFNews12 viewer Laurie Stone from Dalton for a spectacular #sunset view from #KeyWestFL, Tuesday's HEP Heating #WeatherWindow #PictureOfTheDay.

Got #WeatherPix to share? Head to wdef.com/photos

CQ CQ CQ --- The Cleveland Amateur Radio Club will be hosting the Star Fest this weekend. Star Fest is short for "Southeast Tennessee Amateur Radio Fest".

Learn more about #AmateurRadio and how you can get involved in a great hobby and how to #GetOnTheAir.

https://www.carc.cc/2026/03/star-fest-2026/

WDEF TV NEWS 12 - TUESDAY 4.7.26 QUICK WEATHER UPDATE

https://youtu.be/WCrGwKY8w_o

#SomewhereDeepInTheNight
"Do you see the horse's head? What you are seeing is not the famous Horsehead nebula toward Orion, but rather a fainter nebula that only takes on a familiar form with deeper imaging. The main part of the here-imaged molecular cloud complex is reflection nebula IC 4592. Reflection nebulas are made up of very fine dust that normally appears dark but can look quite blue when reflecting the visible light of energetic nearby stars. "

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260407.html