Australia puts chance of 2014 El Nino at more than 70 percent
Date: 09-Apr-14
Country: Australia
Author: Lincoln Feast
"It is now likely (estimated at a greater than 70 percent chance) that an El Niño will develop during the southern hemisphere winter", from May-July, the bureau said.
"Although the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is currently neutral, surface and subsurface ocean temperatures have warmed considerably in recent weeks, consistent with a state of rapid transition."
(Editing by Himani Sarkar)
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