El Nino is an atmospheric and oceanic phenomena in the tropical Pacific Ocean occuring roughly every three to eight years.
According to NOAA, El Niño conditions have been in place in the equatorial Pacific Ocean since June 2009. Therefore the 2009/2010 season is expected to be an El Niño year.
El Nino wreaks havoc with the weather all around the world.
The monsoon may fail in India, storms hit California, while drought conditions prevail in Australia.
El Nino even affects Antarctica where penguins fail to reproduce because there is not enough food, mainly fish which can't survive in the warm surface waters the El Nino brings.
Also, scientists expect a solar maximum to occur in the next few years and combined with El Nino the next few years may turn out extremely hot in some parts of the world.
I know its hard to grasp the full scale of this phenomenon but just think back to 2007.
This was a weak El Nino year.
I remember that the winter was very warm in Bulgaria and we didn't have any snow!
Its just insane how changes in the Pacific affect the whole world.
We have people from California who might tell us more about El Nino affects in their part of the world.
When there is El Nino California gets battered by storms.
Dicuss, give your accounts on past El Ninos and make predictoins for the 2009/2010 season.
We will then updated the threads as events take place.
El Nino also has an effect on the Atlantic Hurricane Season resulting in decreased activity.
According to NOAA, El Niño conditions have been in place in the equatorial Pacific Ocean since June 2009. Therefore the 2009/2010 season is expected to be an El Niño year.
El Nino wreaks havoc with the weather all around the world.
The monsoon may fail in India, storms hit California, while drought conditions prevail in Australia.
El Nino even affects Antarctica where penguins fail to reproduce because there is not enough food, mainly fish which can't survive in the warm surface waters the El Nino brings.
Also, scientists expect a solar maximum to occur in the next few years and combined with El Nino the next few years may turn out extremely hot in some parts of the world.
I know its hard to grasp the full scale of this phenomenon but just think back to 2007.
This was a weak El Nino year.
I remember that the winter was very warm in Bulgaria and we didn't have any snow!
Its just insane how changes in the Pacific affect the whole world.
We have people from California who might tell us more about El Nino affects in their part of the world.
When there is El Nino California gets battered by storms.
Dicuss, give your accounts on past El Ninos and make predictoins for the 2009/2010 season.
We will then updated the threads as events take place.
El Nino also has an effect on the Atlantic Hurricane Season resulting in decreased activity.