Feb 9 (Reuters) - El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO)
neutral conditions are expected to begin within the next couple
of months, and persist through the Northern Hemisphere spring
and early summer, a U.S. government weather forecaster said on
Thursday.
ENSO neutral conditions refer to those periods in which
neither El Niño nor La Niña is present, often coinciding with
the transition between the two weather patterns.
Although a weak La Niña was still apparent during January,
below-average sea surface temperatures continued to weaken
further across the equatorial Pacific Ocean, the forecaster
said.
The La Niña weather pattern is characterized by unusually
cold temperatures in the equatorial Pacific Ocean.
(Reporting by Rahul Paswan and Seher Dareen in Bengaluru;)
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