‘Triple Dip’ La Niña
‘Triple Dip’ La Niña classified when La Niña continues for 30 or more than 30 months.
- La Niña (known as little girl) is a weather pattern that occurs in Pacific Ocean.
- It is observed when sea surface temperatures (SSTs) in Eastern Equatorial Pacific (EEP) get comparatively colder than normal. This results in a strong high pressure over EEP (i.e., tropical west coast of South America).
- A counterpart to El Niño (known as little boy or Christ Child), which is characterized by unusually warm SSTs in EEP and causes suppressed Monsoon.
- Together, La Niña and El Niño are "cold" and "warm" phases ....
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