Wet weather in London is made more likely by El Niño conditions a year earlier
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Weather patterns in the tropical Pacific can help to determine the kind of winter the UK will face a year later, in “radical” new findings set to improve the accuracy of long-range forecasting.
Ocean temperatures in the tropical Pacific can trigger climate patterns with global effects. Every three to five years or so, the Pacific flips from La Niña conditions, where surface water temperatures in its equatorial region are relatively cool, to El Niño conditions, where these waters…
