Exclusive: 90% Chance Of El Nino In July-August, Normal Monsoon Expected
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In an exclusive interview with NDTV, he said that the monsoon is expected to be normal as forecasted earlier by the weather office.
A 90 per cent probability of El Nino weather pattern developing in July-August has been predicted by the Secretary of the Ministry of Earth Sciences, M Ravichandran. In an exclusive interview with NDTV, he said that the monsoon is expected to be normal as forecasted earlier by the weather office.
"There is a 90 per cent probability that El Nino is likely to happen in the July-August period this year. But El Nino is not the only factor that affects the global wind patterns," M Ravichandran said.
He added that other factors such as the Atlantic Nino, Indian Ocean Dipole and Eurasian snow cover could also affect the monsoon. "We expect a normal monsoon as forecasted," Ravichandran said.
El Nino is a weather phenomenon that occurs when ocean temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean rise above normal.
