El Nino Signs Detected, Presaging Global Weather Change
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Signs have been detected that a periodic warming of the tropical Pacific known as El Nino is imminent, presaging changes to global weather patterns in the months ahead, the World Meteorological Organization said.
Water temperatures below the surface of the Pacific’s equatorial waters have warmed to levels similar to the onset of El Nino, and about two-thirds of climate models indicate thresholds for the phenomenon may be reached from June to August, the United Nations’ WMO said today in an e-mailed statement.