La Niña: The weather phenomenon that leads to the heat wave in 2024!

La Niña: The weather phenomenon that leads to the heat wave in 2024!

The climate gets out of joint! A new update to the weather phenomena El Niño and La Niña shows that 2024 is expected to be the hottest since the start of the recordings. Experts suspect that La Niña, the natural counterpart to El Niño, has not yet developed. The WMO reported that unusually strong west winds hindered the formation of La Niña between September and early November. The current situation is described as neutral, but the weather developments of the next few months could influence the global temperatures, such as the

weather chaos by El Niño and La Niña

The combination of El Niño and La Niña has a significant impact on the weather worldwide. La Niña tends to create cooling effects, while El Niño often ensures higher temperatures and changed precipitation patterns. These two phenomena are the main actors in the inter-year climate attitude and can trigger a wide variety of weather events. As the information of World Organization for Meteorology (WMO) , the effects of each event can vary significantly and have the potential to cause economic damage in billion-level level.

The last El Niño phases, such as the strong episode of 1997/1998, then led to long La niña periods that influenced the global temperatures. The prediction of these phenomena has improved through scientific progress, which makes it possible to predict up to six months in advance. However, the question remains how climate change affects the frequency and intensity of these events. These uncertainties could make preparation for future extreme weather conditions more difficult and increase susceptibility to natural disasters.