The chances of an El Nino weather phenomenon have been moderated as the crop industry breathes a temporary sigh of relief. Read the full blog here: http://blog.worldweatheronline.com/2014/08/05/el-nino-chances-scaled-2014/
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El Niño is a weather and climate phenomenon that only
happens when a large amount of water in the western tropical
Pacific Ocean becomes unusually warm. This change in the
water temperature affects the weather by causing droughts
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El Niño’s past effects
According to Tim Stockdale,
the principal scientist at the
European Centre for
Medium-range Weather
Forecasts, “The amount of
warm water in the Pacific is
now significant, perhaps the
biggest since the 1997-98
event.”
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The Size of El Niño in 2014
No one can predict just what the exact effect of El Niño will
be as there is no way to know the size of the event at this
stage. The determining factor of how big the El Niño event
will be is the winds and direction in which they blow
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To find out more about the weather phenomenon El
Niño, click the link below:
El Niño and how it will affect the weather
during 2014