El Nino Forecast to Reach Record Strength as Global Heat, Weather Risks Rise: WMO
- The World Meteorological Organization forecasts that El Niño will strengthen rapidly and could become one of the strongest events since at least 1950.
- The WMO forecasts a near-100% chance that El Niño will continue through February 2027 and peak around December.
- Pacific sea-surface temperatures are expected to reach record levels in late 2026.
- The WMO says El Niño could raise temperatures, shift rainfall patterns, and increase drought and flood risks in different regions.
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Unfolding El Niño may be the strongest since 1950s, says WMO
Record Pacific warmth signals the rapidly strengthening warm weather event could push central and eastern tropical Pacific temperatures to record levels by late 2026; Indian Ocean Dipole could offer a twist
The meteorological phenomenon El Nino, already in progress, will intensify in the following months and could reach its peak in December, which will persist until February 2027. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the specialized agency of the UN, warns that the current episode could become one of the most intense recorded since 1950 until now. El Nino is a natural phenomenon of the climate system, characterized by the abnormal warming o…
UN weather agency says event could be among strongest since at least 1950, bringing higher temperatures and shifting rainfall patterns worldwide
This natural weather phenomenon will cause an increase in temperatures in much of the planet, according to the United Nations weather and climate agency, and its impact will aggravate the effects of man-made climate change. "The El Niño episode will continue to intensify before reaching its peak, scheduled for December," said the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in its monthly bulletin on global seasonal climate. "It is likely to carry te…
El Niño will become even more powerful in the coming period before reaching its peak in December, the United Nations has reported. The UN warns that the phenomenon may be one of the strongest since at least 1950.
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