Australia remains on El Nino alert even as a slowing in Pacific Ocean warming may push back the onset of the weather event that brings drought to the Asia-Pacific region and heavier-than-usual rains to South America.
While there has been some easing in the outlook, climate models indicate an El Nino will probably develop by spring, which begins in September in Australia, the Bureau of Meteorology said on its website today. The alert indicates at least a 70 percent chance of the event developing this year, it said. The bureau had said June 3 that the pattern would be established by August.
Jun 18, 2014
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