NOAA: El Nino Forms; Expected to Strengthen
Forecast shifts from ENSO neutral to strong El Niño in a very short time period NOAA’s National Weather Service announced today that El Nino has developed in the tropical Pacific, and issued an El Nino Advisory. El Nino, the warm phase of the El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO), is predicted to intensify to a moderate […]
El Niño Onset: Strongest Ever?
Japan Calls It: The Dreaded El Niño Has Arrived A strong El Niño appears imminent – potentially the strongest on record. In a statement issued by the Japanese Meteorological Agency (JMA), Japan officially declared the onset of El Niño today. The JMA is the first major weather organization to make this call. According to the […]
How close are we to El Niño?
Scientists say the Pacific is nearly there No longer a question of if, but when After months of watching ocean temperatures climb across the tropical Pacific, climate scientists say El Niño is knocking on the door. “El Niño is arriving on our doorstep in the coming months with 90 percent certainty,” U.N. Secretary General António […]