El Nino which is a warming phenomenon may develop in the coming months after three consecutive years of La Nina, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Wednesday. World meteorological organization(WMO) also warned of a likely spike in temperatures globally this year.
El Niño is the warm phase of the El Niño–Southern Oscillation and is associated with a band of warm ocean water that develops in the central and east-central equatorial Pacific, including the area off the Pacific coast of South America.
WMO secretary-general Petteri Taalas said, “If we do now enter an El Nino phase, this is likely to fuel another spike in global temperatures…”
Taalas said the first triple-dip La Nina of the 21st century is finally coming to an end. “La Nina’s cooling effect put a temporary brake on rising global temperatures, even though the past eight-year period was the warmest on record.”
