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ENSO Update

March 9 , 2023 499 days 443 0
  • As per the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) updates, a warming El Nino event may develop in the coming months.
  • The El Nino event may develop after three consecutive years of an unusually stubborn and protracted La Nina.
  • It will influence temperature and rainfall patterns in different parts of the world.
  • The year 2016 is currently the warmest on record because of the combination of El Nino and climate change.
  • There is a 93% likelihood of at least one year until 2026 being the warmest on record.
  • The current La Nina began in September 2020 with a brief break in the boreal summer of 2021.
  • La Nina has the opposite impacts on weather and climate as El Nino in affected regions.
  • La Nina has been associated with the persistent drought in the Greater Horn of Africa and large parts of South America as well as above average rainfall in South East Asia and Australasia.

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