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PAGASA raises La Niña alert
MANILA -- State weather bureau PAGASA on Friday raised its monitoring status to La Niña alert.
MANILA -- State weather bureau PAGASA on Friday raised its monitoring status to La Niña alert.
La Niña alert is raised when there is 70 percent chance or higher of La Niña forming in the next six months.
La Niña alert is raised when there is 70 percent chance or higher of La Niña forming in the next six months.
Based on climate models and expert judgments, there is a 70 percent likelihood of La Niña forming by August-September-October 2024 season.
Based on climate models and expert judgments, there is a 70 percent likelihood of La Niña forming by August-September-October 2024 season.
Last week, the agency said that La Niña onset may be delayed to the last quarter of 2024 due to the high uncertainty of global climate models.
Last week, the agency said that La Niña onset may be delayed to the last quarter of 2024 due to the high uncertainty of global climate models.
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Presently, ENSO-neutral conditions are present but further cooling of the sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific has also been observed.
Presently, ENSO-neutral conditions are present but further cooling of the sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific has also been observed.
ENSO or El Niño-Southern Oscillation is a naturally occurring climate pattern observed through changes in wind intensity and direction and sea surface temperatures over the equatorial Pacific, with global climatic impacts.
ENSO or El Niño-Southern Oscillation is a naturally occurring climate pattern observed through changes in wind intensity and direction and sea surface temperatures over the equatorial Pacific, with global climatic impacts.
El Niño and La Niña are the warm and cold phases of ENSO, respectively.
El Niño and La Niña are the warm and cold phases of ENSO, respectively.
El Niño results in less rainfall and drier conditions in the Philippines and tropical cyclones forming farther away while La Niña leads to above normal rains and tropical cyclones forming closer to the Philippine landmass.
El Niño results in less rainfall and drier conditions in the Philippines and tropical cyclones forming farther away while La Niña leads to above normal rains and tropical cyclones forming closer to the Philippine landmass.
The Department of Agriculture previously said that La Niña poses a more severe impact to agriculture, to which PAGASA climatologists agreed.
The Department of Agriculture previously said that La Niña poses a more severe impact to agriculture, to which PAGASA climatologists agreed.
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