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U.S. Issues El Nino Watch That May Affect Atlantic Storms
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-07/u-s-issues-el-nino-watch-that-may-affect-atlantic-storms.htmlAn El Nino may form in the Pacific Ocean within six months, potentially crimping the number of Atlantic hurricanes while bringing rain to the drought-stricken U.S. South and drier weather in Asia.
An El Nino watch was issued by the U.S. Climate Prediction Center in Camp Springs, Maryland, today because “there is a 50 percent chance” that the central Pacific will warm before the end of the year.
The formation of an El Nino, a warming of the Pacific, can have major impact on U.S. weather and on energy and agriculture markets. The most immediate would be on the Atlantic hurricane season, which can produce threats to orange crops in Florida, the second-largest producer behind Brazil, and to energy production in the Gulf of Mexico.
El Nino may also bring more storminess to the U.S. during the winter and cooler weather in the South, said Matt Rogers, president of Commodity Weather Group LLC in Bethesda, Maryland.
