Weatherzone meteorologist Ben Domensino said it was not yet clear what impact this might have over summer.
“It’s hard to tell at this stage if La Nina does redevelop whether or not it will persist through next summer. What we can say at the moment is that if it does we’re more likely to see your wetter than average spring over eastern and northern Australia.”
Over the past two years La Nina has not only contributed to widespread destruction in Australia and drought in the United States,but is thought to have exacerbated catastrophic flooding in Bangladesh,India and China.According to UNICEF four million people have been stranded by flash floods in north-eastern Bangladesh alone.
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Research professor at Columbia Climate School’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Mingfang Ting said though heavy rains were to be expected during monsoon season,La Nina appeared to be exacerbating the rains.
“La Nina is definitely one culprit here. During La Nina,the ocean is warmer in the western tropical Pacific,or the warm pool region,allowing more abundant warm,moist air to be transported toward southern China when the weather system is aligned. Another potential contributor is the Indian Ocean Dipole,which is in a slightly negative phase at the moment,which also makes the western tropical Pacific warmer than normal.
“The same concept applies to Bangladesh and north-eastern India where flooding is also happening this year,” she told the school’sState of the Planet journal.