Climate change: News and Comments
Floods in Pakistan, Relief in India
Harrowing news of lives lost in unusual monsoon floods in NW Pakistan, close to the Afghan border, doesn’t mean that this year’s rains have been exceptional across the subcontinent. On the contrary, the Indians were worried by a shortfall in early July.Their rains have now perked up.
Strong La Niña conditions (the opposite of El Niño) now showing in the Pacific are historically favourable for the Asian monsoon, and the India Meteorological Department seems to be sticking to an earlier forecast that this season’s total rains will be close to normal. See this Reuters interview with D. Sivananda Pai, director of the National Climate Center in Pune.
http://in.reuters.com/article/idINSGE66K0IL20100721?loomia_ow=t0:s0:a54:g12:r3:c0.638402:b36099434:z3
For earlier posts here about the Asian monsoons, see
http://calderup.wordpress.com/2010/05/01/monsoons-and-the-sun/
and
http://calderup.wordpress.com/2010/05/05/maps-of-monsoon-history/
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01/08/2010Climate change: News and Comments
Floods in Pakistan, Relief in India
Strong La Niña conditions (the opposite of El Niño) now showing in the Pacific are historically favourable for the Asian monsoon, and the India Meteorological Department seems to be sticking to an earlier forecast that this season’s total rains will be close to normal. See this Reuters interview with D. Sivananda Pai, director of the National Climate Center in Pune.
http://in.reuters.com/article/idINSGE66K0IL20100721?loomia_ow=t0:s0:a54:g12:r3:c0.638402:b36099434:z3
For earlier posts here about the Asian monsoons, see
http://calderup.wordpress.com/2010/05/01/monsoons-and-the-sun/
and
http://calderup.wordpress.com/2010/05/05/maps-of-monsoon-history/