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Southwest Monsoon Likely to be Below Normal this Year
Independent weather forecaster Skymet has made the following predictions about the Southwest Monsoons: India could face its third consecutive below-normal monsoon this season, and the rainfall is expected to be 93% of the long-period average. With all likelihood of El Niño playing a disruptive role, there is only a 30% chance of normal rain during ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2019
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: Andhra Pradesh • Chhattisgarh • El Nino • IMD • Odisha • Skymet • Southwest monsoon
IMD confirms weak El Nino Conditions
India Meteorological Department (IMD) has finally declared that weak El Nino conditions are prevalent in the equatorial Pacific Ocean. IMD predicts that these conditions are likely to persist in the early part of the summer season and likely to weaken thereafter. The initial impact of a weak El Nino can already be seen with the ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2019
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: El Nino • ENSO • IMD • India Meteorological Department • Japan • National Weather Service • Pacific Ocean • USA
2 cyclones hit the coasts of Australia
Cyclone trevor will hit the north coasts of Australia. It is predicted to bring wind gusts of 280 km per hour. The cyclone Veronica is to hit the western coasts of Australia. Australia is prone to cyclones in the months of October to April. However, the harsh weather might be due to the neutral to ..
Topics: Australia • El Nino • Meteorology • Physical geography • Physical oceanography • Tropical cyclones • Tropical meteorology • Weather hazards
Impact of global warming on El-Nino
El-Nino disturbs the atmospheric conditions across the world. El-Nino occurs every two-to-seven years with very strong El Niño’s occurring about every 15 years results in droughts, floods, wildfires, dust and snow storms, fish kill, and even elevated risks of civil conflicts. The El-Nino is measured by studying the averages sea surface temperature anomalies over the ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2019
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: Drought • El Nino • Flood • Global warming • wildfires
Conditions normal for 2018 monsoon season: Weather scientists
Weather scientists have predicted normal monsoon in June-September 2018 monsoon season as prevailing conditions as well as neutral ENSO were favourable for good monsoon rainfall. India receives 89 cm of rainfall during four-month monsoon season, which is almost 75% of its annual rainfall. In 2017 monsoon season, country as whole had received rainfall that was ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2018
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Climate Forecast • El Nino • El Nino Southern Oscillation • ENSO • Environment • Geography • La Niña • Monsoon • Science and Technology
El Nino of 2014-16 aided in massive carbon dioxide release: Study
According to recent study conducted by scientists, the monster El Nino of 2014-16 caused over 3 billion tonnes of carbon to get released into the atmosphere, pushing carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration to record levels. The study was based on analysis of data collected by NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) satellite, which measures level of CO2 ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2017
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: Climate change • CO2 • El Nino • Environment • NASA