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New Relative Niño index introduces more robust way to measure El Niño strength
New Relative Niño index introduces more robust way to measure El Niño strength Stephanie Baum Scientific Editor Robert Egan Associate Editor A new El Niño index that provides a more climate-robust measure of the strength of El Niño signals has been released by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF). With the World Meteorological Organization's recent update indicating an 80% likelihood of an El Niño event during June–August 2026 and a 90% probability of this...
What is Godzilla El Niño?
What is Godzilla El Niño? Lisa Lock Scientific Editor Robert Egan Associate Editor You may have heard the rumors of a "monster El Niño." It's not the first time we've heard forecasts like this in Australia, but this time, they aren't coming out of nowhere.
A very strong El Niño is approaching. Here's what we can expect
A very strong El Niño is approaching. Here's what we can expect Robert Egan Associate Editor El Niño is a recurring climate event with impacts across the globe. It has three phases: one cold (known as La Niña), one neutral, and one warm (El Niño).
The looming El Niño could be bad – but much worse is to come
A “Godzilla El Niño” is coming, according to some newspaper headlines. The actual story is that there is an 80 per cent chance of an El Niño developing by September. Most models forecast a moderate event – but some suggest it could be very strong, perhaps even a so-called super El Niño.
Godzilla El Niño could send temperatures soaring next year - what it means for UK weather
Godzilla El Niño could send temperatures soaring next year - what it means for UK weather The incoming 'Godzilla' or 'Super Duper' El Niño is expected to be one of the worst in human history, and will set weather around the world off kilter into 2027, scientists have warned Heatwave conditions could return with a new intensity next year thanks to a 'Godzilla' El Niño, experts have warned, which could have a significant knock-on effect on the UK. Brits are still reeling from the...
Coming El Niño will be the strongest ever recorded, new forecast predicts
Coming El Niño will be the strongest ever recorded, new forecast predicts A June update by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts suggests that the coming weather event will be the strongest ever measured. This year's brewing El Niño will likely become the strongest ever recorded, a new forecast warns. New predictions by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) suggest sea surface temperatures in a key region of the central equatorial Pacific Ocean will...
UN warns El Niño to bring more heat and disasters in coming months
BRUSSELS — The world must prepare for a surge in weather extremes and heat waves as a potentially exceptional El Niño emerges, the United Nations’ World Meteorological Organization has warned. The WMO said on Tuesday that there’s an 80 percent chance of an El Niño — the warm phase of a natural climate cycle in the Pacific Ocean — developing between June and August, and a 90 percent chance the event will arrive by November. El Niño’s return heralds a temporary upsurge in global...
Super El Niño weather alert as UK warned 'more than 40C wouldn't be surprising'
Super El Niño weather alert as UK warned 'more than 40C wouldn't be surprising' The UN has predicted an 80% chance of an El Niño in the coming weeks, a powerful weather phenomenon that raises global temperatures and reduced rainfall. The world must prepare for the return of El Niño drastically boosting temperatures in the coming weeks, the UN has warned. El Niño, a powerful natural weather pattern which raises global temperatures and reduces rainfall, has an 80% chance of happening before...
El Niño: Almost everywhere will face above average summer temperatures, WMO warns
El Niño is a naturally occurring weather phenomenon but its effects are worse because of climate change. El Niño will hit this summer with 80 per cent certainty, according to the latest forecast by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) – and Europe should brace for more extreme heat, with some areas at heightened risk of drought and flooding. Over the past week, parts of Western Europe suffered record-breaking spring temperatures as a powerful heat dome formed.
Strong El Niño likely this year, climate change could intensify extreme weather: WMO
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on Tuesday warned of a likely return of a strong El Niño event this year, raising concerns about more extreme weather worldwide as climate change amplifies its effects, Reuters reported. The UN weather body said there is an 80% chance of El Niño developing between June and August and a 90% probability that it will persist until at least November, marking the clearest indication yet of the weather phenomenon's return. El Niño occurs every 2 to 7...