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World weather expert says El Nino, La Nina outlook mild
Geneva (AFP) June 24, 2008 The World Meteorological Organisation said Tuesday that 2008 was proving a year of respite from natural climatic phenomena identified by scientists as causing havoc with weather patterns. The effects of El Nino and La Nina, respectively the warming and related cooling of Pacific sea surface temperatures, are felt in many parts of the globe, and have been blamed for a lengthy drought in Australia, flooding in the Horn of Africa and Bolivia, and more severe winter monsoons in South Asia in 2006-2007. However, WMO official Rupa Kumar Kroll said that effects over the coming months are expected to be mild. "Near neutral conditions are considered the most likely outcome for the middle part of the year and shortly thereafter," Kroll said, adding that La Nina "gradually weakened from its peak strength in February." "Rapid development of El Nino or re-development of La Nina is not considered likely for the middle part of the year," he said. The expert nevertheless cautioned that other factors which also influence seasonal climatic patterns could still trigger extreme weather conditions. Related Links Water News - Science, Technology and Politics
La Nina Persists
Pasadena CA (SPX) Nov 08, 2007"After eight very dry years on the Colorado River watershed and a record-breaking dry winter in Southern California in 2006-2007, the situation in the American Southwest is dangerously dry," said oceanographer Bill Patzert of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. "This La Nina could deepen the drought in the already parched Southwest and Southeast United States." |
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