El Nino likely to fade
Posted on: 19/Mar/2016 4:09:01 PM
El Nino is a climate cycle in the Pacific Ocean with a global impact on weather patterns. The cycle begins when warm water in the western tropical Pacific Ocean shifts eastward along the equator toward the coast of South America. Normally, this warm water pools near Indonesia and the Philippines.
El Nino, which has pushed global temperatures to record levels and caused a myriad of extreme weather, floods and droughts, is the result of the ocean and atmosphere interacting in an area of the Pacific that only occurs once every two to seven years. Although figures point to the current El Nino as the strongest thus far, the World Meteorological Organization reports that it is still too early to tell if it will break the record for the strongest ever recorded.
Number of meteorologists expects the monsoon in 2016 to be normal, though they are unclear whether the El Nino - a weather anomaly blamed for back-to-back droughts over India since 2014 - will completely fade away during the crucial rain months from June to September.
