Supercharged El Niño heading for record strength; Canada’s winter may ‘take a holiday,’ climatologist says
The UN weather agency said the climate pattern has a nearly 100% chance of lasting until February and could rank among the strongest on record.
- On Thursday, World Meteorological Organization Secretary-General Celeste Saulo warned the current Nino is "very strong" and likely to persist through February, appearing "off the charts" compared to the past four decades.
- Nino is a complex weather pattern occurring every two to seven years, characterized by warming tropical Pacific waters, with forecasters estimating roughly 70 per cent odds this event will exceed strength records dating back to 1950.
- Weeklong rains blamed on the phenomenon killed at least 10 people in Chile in July, while the Panama Canal is cutting shipping capacity due to reduced precipitation affecting global food supplies.
- Phillips predicts a "soft and open and tame" winter dominated by Pacific air, while Atlantic Canada may see fewer hurricanes; the West faces risks of earlier forest fires and spring drought.
- Residual heat will likely keep air and oceans warming even after Nino fades, positioning 2027 to potentially break temperature records, with experts predicting "Eureka, 2027 was the warmest year on record globally.
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