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Updated – December 10, 2024 at 03:58 PM.
Negative Indian Ocean Dipole has returned to neutral this month, Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology says Some oceanic indices besides cloud and wind patterns in the Pacific Ocean have, at times, shown weak La Nina characteristics in recent months, Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) has said.
However, it said the negative Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD), which emerged in mid-October, has turned neutral in December.
“The El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is currently in the neutral range,” it said in its latest climate update, adding it is not meeting typical La Nina thresholds.
Neutral till April
The Australian weather agency said its model forecasts that ENSO will remain in the neutral range throughout its forecast period to April 2025. This is consistent with 4 of the 6 other international climate models surveyed.
On IOD, BoM said, “The IOD had been tending negative from mid-October but returned to neutral values at the start of December,” said BoM.
The weather agency said its model forecasts that the IOD will remain neutral throughout the forecast period to April 2025. “This is consistent with 5 of the 6 other international climate models surveyed,” it said.
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