GENEVA (Reuters) - An El Nino weather pattern, usually associated with significant changes in rainfall, is likely to develop this month and next in the Pacific, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Tuesday.
The phenomenon, characterized by unusually warm ocean temperatures in the tropical Pacific, has been linked previously to drier-than-normal conditions in Australia, Indonesia, the Philippines, northeastern Brazil, southeastern Africa and parts of Asia, the United Nations agency said.
"A weak El Nino may develop in September and October and last until the northern hemisphere winter," the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said in a statement.
