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Typhoons have disappeared within the Western Pacific this yr.
What does it imply for us? Nonetheless, specialists have warned that water bombs may rain down on our nation this summer season and have predicted a suffocating warmth wave, hotter than ordinary and with larger humidity.
This was reported by journalist Hyeon In-ah.
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That is the variety of typhoons that occurred from January to mid-Could over the previous 5 years.
In case you take a look at the photograph, there have been two final yr and three in 2021.
It’s regular for two or 3 typhoons to happen in mid-Could, however this yr the primary storm has not but occurred.
Within the 74 years since 1951, there have been 7, together with this yr.
It is uncommon sufficient to rely on one hand.
Six of the seven occurred through the waning part of El Niño, when El Niño develops after which weakens.
It is like this once more this yr.
This can be a video monitoring the placement of final month’s rain clouds.
Blue signifies enhance and purple signifies lower.
Now that El Nino is declining, there are such a lot of rain clouds within the Indian Ocean.
Due to this, as you possibly can see, rain clouds decreased within the western Pacific Ocean, the supply of typhoons, and no typhoons shaped.
Specialists consider that this phenomenon will proceed till the summer season.
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“I feel there is a good likelihood it should proceed. It’s because convective exercise continues to be robust within the Indian Ocean area and sea floor temperatures are nonetheless excessive.”
If that occurs, there is a excessive likelihood that North Pacific excessive strain will broaden extra strongly westward than ordinary, inflicting a surge of water vapor to movement towards Korea.
It was predicted that the energy of monsoons and heavy rain clouds would turn out to be stronger and the variety of apparitions would enhance.
[예상욱/한양대 해양융합공학과 교수]
″It’s potential to suppose that it’ll rain quite a bit not solely through the wet season but in addition till the top of July or August.″
One other threat issue is the chilly air coming down from the north.
It’s because the northern chilly is being pushed southward extra usually than earlier than attributable to a blocking phenomenon during which airflow stagnates attributable to local weather change.
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“If the air currents turn out to be stagnant and the chilly drops, there may be definitely a chance that they may collide and trigger very heavy downpours.”
Water temperatures across the Korean Peninsula are anticipated to be excessive this summer season.
That is the water temperature for this summer season predicted by the Nationwide Institute of Fisheries Science.
The East Sea, West Sea and South Sea are coloured purple and are anticipated to be 1 to 1.5 levels larger than ordinary.
Extra water vapor from the ocean is predicted to push inland.
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″It appears seemingly that this yr the excessive temperature warning shall be issued just a little sooner than final yr. I feel the potential for heavy rain or torrential rain could enhance comparatively.”
This summer season is predicted to be a sweltering heatwave, with hotter and humid temperatures than ordinary.
Typhoons are most definitely to happen in August and September, when the western Pacific Ocean warms, so preparation is required.
I am Hyeon In-ah from MBC Information.
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