Achi news desk-
As Canadians brace for summer temperatures, forecasters say the weakening El Nino cycle means no relief from the heat.
The change from El Nino to La Nina, a natural climate pattern that shifts warmer-than-average temperatures in the equatorial Pacific to more neutral levels, could have meant cooler summers in past generations, but climate change and induced by man causes tempers. to continue an upward trend, according to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Climate Prediction Center.
The current North American temperature forecast is bringing the heat. Much of Canada is predicted to face warmer than normal temperatures this summer, according to the Government of Canada.
As The Weather Network reports, cooler spells may make Eastern Canada and especially Atlantic Canada an exception, moderating the above-average conditions prevailing for most Canadians elsewhere.
Hossein Bonakdari, associate professor of civil engineering at the University of Ottawa, says the El Nino of 2023 has been “one of the strongest on record, with significant global impacts.”
“Warming of the surface waters of the Pacific Ocean has led to changes in global weather patterns, including more rain in South America, drought in Southeast Asia, and warmer temperatures in North America,” he said in a statement in December.
Bonakdari explained that El Nino primarily affects Western Canada, with its effects diminishing as the jet stream “moves eastward.”
Although La Nina usually ushers in cooler and wetter conditions, rising global temperatures can contribute to unpredictable weather patterns.
Following a mild winter with low levels of snow, forecasts also suggest that drier and warmer conditions could lead to an increased risk of wildfires, prompting public policy experts to call for efforts to prevent wildfires following the summer of 2023, which saw wildfires that ever broke out.
According to the Met Office, the UK’s national weather service, the average global temperature for 2024 is expected to be between 1.34 C and 1.58 C higher than the average for the pre-industrial era (1850-1900) .
This is the 11th year in a row that temperatures have reached at least one degree above pre-industrial levels, according to the Met Office.
