This joint WFP and Action Against Hunger publication presents the impacts of El Niño in LAC, highlighting the emergency response and resilience activities taken to mitigate the effect of climate shocks in the region. The publication underscores the significance of adequate anticipation, preparedness, and response to climate emergencies in LAC. …
Roughly a year ago, scientists poring over temperature readings of the Pacific from satellites and a depleted array of ocean buoys were so sure an El Nino was on the way, the debate was mostly how strong it would be. The event, though, failed to materialise largely because the winds …
Like a jock beefing up for a big game, some corals could do far better at withstanding the heavy blows of climate change when pumped with supplements, according to a new University of Miami study. The study looked at endangered staghorn coral, a fast-growing branching coral that once provided the …
Next winter in Europe could be colder and drier than the previous two mild winters, which drove down gas and power consumption, the chief meteorologist at Thomson Reuters Point Carbon said. Two factors pointed to potentially chillier winter weather - an El Nino phenomenon that could warm sea-surface temperatures in …
Government today said there is a 70 per cent chance of weak El Nino this year and the condition will persist during the 2015 monsoon season. "The latest outlook from various agencies indicate high probability (about 70 per cent) for weak El Nino conditions to persist during the 2015 monsoon …
The IMF working paper has tried to dispel some fears associated with the weather phenomenon As the government gears up to face the adverse impact of El Niño on the monsoon, an International Monetary Fund (IMF) working paper has tried to dispel some fears associated with the weather phenomenon. IMF …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on impact of El Nino in various states, 07/05/2015. The details of the observed impact of El Nino in various meteorological subdivisions is given in Annexure-1, that shows the sub-division wise climatological probabilities of monsoon season rainfall in three pre-defined rainfall categories (below normal, normal …
When does an El Nino (warming of the east and equatorial Pacific) create widespread rain deficit over India during the monsoon? K Srikanth, Chennai-based blogger and weather enthusiast, has found from a study that between 1950 and 2012, five years have seen 50 per cent or more meteorological divisions suffer …
Pre-monsoon rains have produced what looks like an unmatched record this season, delivering excess or normal rainfall for the entire country as at April-end. For the country as a whole, the surplus rain has been estimated at 89 per cent as on Wednesday, according to statistics posted by India Met …
With El Nino’ s return , the farmers and policy makers in Asia are bracing for prolonged droughts and crop destruction that would push up food prices in the region says this IMF working paper This paper employs a dynamic multi-country framework to analyze the international macroeconomic transmission of El …
Climate indicators are nearing levels associated with an El Nino weather event, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology said on Tuesday. Pacific Ocean sea temperatures now exceed El Nino thresholds, the bureau said, while trade winds have weakened over the last few weeks - suggesting coupling between the ocean and atmosphere …
El Nino is not only expected to affect monsoon in India but also in neighbouring countries like Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal and some parts of Myanmar. The 6th session of the South Asian Climate Outlook Forum (SASCOF), a sub-regional body of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) devoted to specific monsoon …
Total area impacted across India pegged at 18.9 mn hectares In what could come as bad news for millions of farmers across India, the Australian Weather Bureau (AWB) has said there is triple the normal chance of the El Niño — an extreme weather phenomenon associated with lack of rain …
Private forecaster Skymet has stuck to its earlier forecast of a normal monsoon this year, unruffled by the weather office's prediction that rainfall in the crucial June-September period would be below par. "I am very confident of our forecast of a normal monsoon this season with a model error of …
IMD's forecast is a good nine percentage points less than that of Skymet The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday forecast that the southwest monsoon this year will be below normal at 93 per cent of the Long Period Average (LPA), barely days after another weather forecasting agency, Skymet, said …
Monsoon is expected to be below normal in central India as well, though the India Meteorological Department's region-wise monsoon distribution will be released only in June. A Met department source on Thursday said the experimental forecast has shown that monsoon may be below normal in Central India that includes central …
(Reuters) - India's monsoon rains could be below average in 2015 due to an impact of El Nino weather pattern, which can bring on a dry spell in the region, the weather office said on Wednesday. Rains are expected to be 93 percent of a long-term average, Earth Science Minister …
The weather office predicted that the southwest monsoon will be below normal for the second year in a row in 2015 and indicated that the disruptive El Nino phenomenon could make things worse for India's largely rain-fed farms, raising the spectre of accelerating inflation. "Monsoon rainfall is likely to be …
In 1997, the strongest El Nino in decades drove up temperatures across the world, making it the century's hottest year. Dire predictions were made for the Indian monsoon. But the 1997 monsoon ended at 2% above normal. Five years later, a mild El Nino, less than half the intensity of …
Double whammy for Indian farmers, below normal rain predicted. The southwest monsoon’s overall rainfall prediction for 2015 is 93 per cent, three percentage points below normal. Further the probability of deficit rainfall is higher at 33 per cent over normal rainfall pegged at 28 per cent, Union Minister for Science …
Private weather forecaster Skymet predicts that the monsoon this year will hit Kerala coast five days to a week in advance from the usual date of June 1. Skymet forecast also suggests that the pre-monsoon rains and the onset of the four-month-long monsoon season will be strong this year. "The …
