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El Nino Seen Approaching as Models Highlight Warmer Pacific
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An El Nino weather pattern, which can parch Australia and parts of Asia while bringing rains to South America, may occur in the coming months, according to Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology.
International climate models surveyed by the bureau show Pacific Ocean temperatures approaching or exceeding El Nino thresholds in the austral winter, the forecaster said today. The El Nino-Southern Oscillation remains neutral at present, it said. Australia’s winter runs from June to August.