(Reuters) – La Nia conditions were present in August, and have a 75% chance of continuing through the Northern Hemisphere winter of 2020-21, a U.S. government weather forecaster said on Thursday.
La Nia pattern is characterized by unusually cold temperatures in the equatorial Pacific Ocean.
A borderline moderate La Nia event is favored during the peak November-January season, the National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center (CPC) said in its monthly forecast.
The weather phenomenon last emerged during September-November season in 2017 and lasted through early 2018.
(Reporting by Harshith Aranya in Bengaluru)
