Models undecided on La Nina staying on - The Hindu BusinessLine
La Nina may persist for most part this year: N. America body March 10, 2021 Key determinant to Indian monsoon play Climate forecasters have predictably run into the ‘spring barrier’ when models have a harder time making accurate forecasts during this time of the year, spawning in the process varying outlooks on the projected change in the sea-surface temperature (SST) patterns in the Equatorial East Pacific. Most of the leading models have hinted at a weakening of the prevailing La Nina conditions and return to ‘neutral’ conditions (neither La Nina nor alter ego El Nino) by the summer...