Stalker didn’t have to wait too long to hear about what might be the effects of El Nino.
Having written the above note at the start of the month, it was mid-month when the World Meteorological Organisation issued some stark warnings about the weather phenomena that could befall us due to the effect.
As well as warnings of extreme heat events during the summer the WMO also predicted some extreme rainfall events for late summer and autumn:
“Geneva, 17 May 2023 (WMO) – Global temperatures are likely to surge to record levels in the next five years, fuelled by heat-trapping greenhouse gases and a naturally occurring El Niño event, according to a new update issued by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
There is a 66% likelihood that the annual average near-surface global temperature between 2023 and 2027 will be more than 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels for at least one year. There is a 98% likelihood that at least one of the next five years, and the five-year period as a whole, will be the warmest on record.”
