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El Niņo on its way to Australia, says Bureau of Meteorology
Australia will be hit by a “substantial” El Niño event for the first time in five years, heightening the chances of widespread drought and warmer temperatures, the Bureau of Meteorology has confirmed.
The BoM said the El Niño phase will become the “dominant influence on Australian climate during the second half of the year”. The tropical Pacific is already in the early stages of the event.
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“This will be quite a substantial El Niño event,” said David Jones, a climatologist at BoM. “This isn’t a weak one or a near miss as we saw last year.”
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However, he said there was a “significant probability” that the world would have its warmest year, beating the mark set in 2014.
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/may/12/el-nino-on-its-way-to-australia-says-bureau-of-meteorology
The BoM said the El Niño phase will become the “dominant influence on Australian climate during the second half of the year”. The tropical Pacific is already in the early stages of the event.
...
“This will be quite a substantial El Niño event,” said David Jones, a climatologist at BoM. “This isn’t a weak one or a near miss as we saw last year.”
...
However, he said there was a “significant probability” that the world would have its warmest year, beating the mark set in 2014.
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/may/12/el-nino-on-its-way-to-australia-says-bureau-of-meteorology