Switch years
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Is there any significant trend you have seen, globally and/or in the continental US, during "switch" years (when an El Nino event transitions to a La Nina event without pausing at Neutral - not sure whether "switch" is the technical term!)? I'm specifically interested in whether there's a correlation between swift transitions (from one ENSO state to the other) and wildfire activity. 2015, 2017, and 2020 all saw over 10 million acres burned in the US and coincidentally appear to have been swift transition (switch) years. Could we be in for another major wildfire season in 2024?