‘Double-dip’: La Nina has formed for second year in a row, says NOAA

What is the News? The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has declared that La Niña has re-developed.  What is Double Dip La Nina? La Nina is one part of the El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) cycle. But when two La Ninas happen one after the other (with a transition through ENSO neutral conditions in… Continue reading ‘Double-dip’: La Nina has formed for second year in a row, says NOAA

La Nina is back; what does that mean for Africa, Asia

News: According to the World Meteorological Organization(WMO), the La Niña weather phenomenon is back in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean after nearly a decade’s absence. Facts: La Niña: It means the large-scale cooling of ocean surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean together with changes in the tropical atmospheric circulation… Continue reading La Nina is back; what does that mean for Africa, Asia