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El Niño forms as Pacific trade winds weaken
Original: 🌊 NEW: El Niño begins when trade winds over the tropical # Pacific weaken, letting warm surface # water spread eastward
El Niño conditions are developing as trade winds over the tropical Pacific weaken, allowing warm surface water to spread eastward instead of pooling near Indonesia. The zone of rising moist air shifts with the warm water, bringing heavier rain to coastal Peru while drying out the western Pacific. The explainer is drawing attention as forecasters and the public track the arrival and impacts of the new El Niño event.
Why now: A new El Niño event is beginning, and people are following its mechanism and expected global weather impacts.
El NiñoPacific OceanPeruIndonesia
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