'We haven't seen a situation like this before where we're going into an El Nino event with record global ocean temperatures.' 9News
The BoM said that while an El Niño is likely to be declared in the coming weeks, atmospheric conditions haven't yet met the criteria for the phenomena.
"So we haven't declared an event yet, and that is largely due to the fact that the atmosphere hasn't quite coupled or reinforced the pattern that we see in the ocean that's typical of an El Niño event. However, Braganza said hot and dry conditions are nonetheless on the way for Australia, adding that the current record-breaking heat across the globe is putting the planet in unprecedented territory – and could worsen over the next year."Sea surface temperatures – so the global oceans – have been warm now since May, and they've been setting records for each of those months.
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