El Niño Is Coming in Strong, NOAA Says
El Niño is almost here, and the global shift is likely to continue through winter, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced this week. After an unusual three years La Nina, All signs point to changes in weather patterns for 2023.
Llast month, NOAA said TThere was a 62% chance of El Niño happening would develop between May and July. Things have progressed quicklyand now There are According to NOAA, there is a 90% chance that El Niño will form and last through the end of this year.
These two “Siblings” are global climate changes denoted by cooler or warmer ocean temperatures and changes in global air currents that are changing Weather and Storm Patterns. La Niña is associated with lower-as-average sea temperatures, while El Niño is the opposite. Experts have noticed fast rising sea temperatures recently, one of the signs of a training year.
What can we expect now that The BOy coming to town? Sea temperatures will rise above average. The hurricane season in the Atlantic should be milder due to the storms tend to arise there during the La Niña years. However, sTorms are more likely to form in the Pacific. In the US, the shift brings more rain in the southern states and in the east coast. It also brings warmer temperatures in the northern states.
El Niño years are particularly hot. That was certainly true in 2016, one of the hottest years on record, after to the World Meteorological Organization. Searing temperatures have already hit Southeast Asia – just last week, Vietnam recorded its highest temperature ever. Expect This year there will be even more extreme heat.
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