Australia moves to El Niño alert and the drought is likely to continue
- Written by Skie Tobin, Climatologist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
The chances of an El Niño developing late in 2018 have increased and this week the Bureau moved to El Niño ALERT. This means that model outlooks and observations indicate there is approximately a 70% chance that El Niño will develop in the coming months. Current patterns in the Pacific are similar to the early stages of past...
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