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El Niño returns as Pacific trade winds weaken
Original: 🌊 NEW: El Niño begins when trade winds over the tropical # Pacific weaken, letting warm surface # water spread eastward
A new El Niño event is developing in the tropical Pacific. Weakening trade winds have allowed warm surface water to spread eastward instead of pooling near Indonesia, shifting the zone of rising moist air with it. The change is expected to bring heavier rain to coastal Peru while drying out the western Pacific, the typical signature of the pattern.
Why now: A newly declared El Niño event is under way, with people sharing explanations of how the climate pattern forms and what impacts to expect.
El NiñoPacific OceanPeruIndonesia
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