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US Forecaster Sees El Niño Unlikely through Fall 17

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June 8, 2017

A U.S. government weather forecaster on Thursday said there are no active El Niño or La Niña patterns and that neutral conditions are likely in the Northern Hemisphere during fall 2017.

However, chances for El Niño remain elevated, between 35 and 50 percent, relative to the long-term average into the fall, the National Weather Service's Climate Prediction Center said in a monthly forecast.


(Reporting by Arpan Varghese in Bengaluru)

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