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Thread #90419 Message #1882751
Posted By: Sandra in Sydney
10-Nov-06 - 08:36 PM
Thread Name: BS: Working (at last) in Guam
Subject: RE: BS: Working (at last) in Guam
Our Weather Bureau says the El Nino is back & here it causes drought. Parts of Oz curently are experiencing the worse drought in years.
From their website - Although originally named for a local warming of the ocean near the coast of Peru in South America, "El Niño" now refers to a sustained warming over a large part of the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. Combined with this warming are changes in the atmosphere that affect weather patterns across much of the Pacific Basin, including Australia. These altered weather patterns often help promote further warming of the ocean because of the changes they cause in ocean currents.