Record-breaking El Nino raises prospect of warmer, wetter winter in Korea
The Korea Herald · Lim Jae-seong ·
The strongest El Nino on record is expected to affect the Korean Peninsula throughout winter, bringing milder and wetter conditions, the Korea Meteorological Ad
The strongest El Nino on record is expected to affect the Korean Peninsula throughout winter, bringing milder and wetter conditions, the Korea Meteorological Administration said Friday.
The El Nino, which started in May, is expected to strengthen the flow of warm and humid air toward Korea, potentially bringing higher temperatures and more precipitation through December. However, weather conditions could change sharply as cold air temporarily moves into the country in January, the KMA said.
El Nino is a climate phenomenon in which unusually warm surface waters in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific are accompanied by weakened trade winds, disrupting weather patterns around the world.
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