Japan weather bureau says 100% chance of El Niño peaking by early winter

Japan weather bureau says 100% chance of El Niño peaking by early winter

​Japan's weather ‌bureau said ​on Tuesday that there ‌was a 100% chance of the El ‌Niño weather pattern peaking by ‌early winter before persisting through the Northern ⁠hemisphere ​spring ⁠of 2027.

An El Niño ⁠is a warming of ​ocean surface temperatures in ⁠the eastern and central ⁠Pacific. ​The weather bureau said this ⁠latest occurrence has been observed ⁠since ⁠the spring of 2026.

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