El Nino Conditions Seen Forming by Japan as Pacific Warms
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El Nino conditions appear to have formed and will probably continue over winter, according to forecasters in Japan, adding to signs that the event than can parch parts of Asia is returning.
The surface temperature of the Pacific Ocean was higher than normal in almost all areas in November, the Japan Meteorological Agency said in a statement on its website today. Models suggest there’s a high chance that El Nino conditions will continue in winter, the government forecaster said. The last El Nino was from 2009 to 2010.