Our climate is influenced not just by Pacific weather patterns but by the Indian and Southern oceans, as well as global heating trendsGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Bureau of Meteorology has declared the end of the 2023-24 El Niño event.Since 1910, there have been 29 El Niños, a phase that sees easterly equatorial winds in the Pacific slow or even reverse. These increase the odds in eastern Australia for a dry winter into spring. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/apr/21/el-nino-weather-pattern-over-australia-la-nina
Author : Peter Hannam
Publish date : 2024-04-21 00:00:40
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The El Niño has ended. Will Australia get a La Niña next – and what weather could that bring?
