Britons may be bracing for further meteorological disruption as scientists caution that an approaching „Super El Niño“ could drive temperatures to unprecedented heights
Weather experts say the climatic phenomenon – triggered by warming waters in the Pacific Ocean – has the capacity to dramatically amplify heat globally, sparking concerns about more severe weather conditions affecting the UK. A Super El Niño develops when sea-surface temperatures in the central-eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean surge by at least 2C above average
A Super El Niño is now anticipated to develop between this month and July. The European Union’s climate monitoring service has indicated ocean temperatures are now approaching record peaks as conditions transition towards a potentially intense El Niño weather pattern.
Samantha Burgess, from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, revealed sea surface temperatures in recent days were marginally below the all-time records of 2024.
ace250674 on
In other words we might actually get a decent summer?
I decided to read it and it’s the same bullshit weather as usual then:
The Met Office reports that powerful El Niño events have historically been associated with a heightened likelihood of colder and drier winters across the UK – while simultaneously disrupting weather systems globally, which can trigger heatwaves and torrential rainfall in other regions, reports the Mirror.
High-Tom-Titty on
This year im affixing space blankets to my windows during the hottest days, i dont care if it looks like Walter White lives here.
Prestigious_Clock865 on
Cue the idiots repeating lines like “about time we get a nice summer” and “Wanted a BBQ”
Must be comforting not living in existential dread in the face of climate collapse
The El Niño is likely to cause water shortages and destabilise the global food supply further. Further pushing people into the cost of living crisis
For anyone who still uses their brain, we need our government to take immediate action over the collapse of the natural world and start preparing for the worst case scenarios
South_Buy_3175 on
Keep putting off installing air-conditioning, maybe this heatwave will be the one that makes me go for it.
Nah probably not, I’ll just moan a lot and sweat like fuck instead like normal.
deadeyes1990 on
Mad how every climate warning in the UK gets translated as “might be nice for a pint though.”
Like yeah, enjoy the sun, obviously. But maybe the planet cooking itself shouldn’t be treated like a cheeky bank holiday upgrade.
Pandita666 on
Bloody hell – every time we get one of these fear and dread forecasts the weather’s fucking shite for 6 months. Can’t you all just be quiet and let me have a half decent summer for once? Last year we were going to be boiled off the planet and we got about 30m of rainfall in “summer”.
ExtensionPort on
We can only do so much in this country when the developing world gets on like it does. India, China, Pakistan etc.
TheShakyHandsMan on
How can the media blame this on Starmer and spin it as a blow to Rachel Reeves
50_61S-----165_97E on
Incoming boomers to tell everyone that the summer of 76′ was hotter and therefore climate change cannot be real
b_rodriguez on
When the amoc finally collapses, the death toll from news reporters in this country cumming so hard they have an aneurism is going to be immense.
ImDickGrayson on
Honestly, I might have to delete Facebook if this happens this summer. I don’t know when or why it started, but there’s nothing more irritating than the boomers crawling out of the woodwork to flock to the BBC Weather and Met Office pages I follow, banging on about the summer of ’76, „we just called it summer in my day,“ and how the weather services are fearmongering by using red for high temps, as if red has never been used to denote high temperatue.
No_Quality_6874 on
Honestly, you guys be miserable, im going cliche and enjoy myself. Im just happy it should be a nice summer. Looking forward to getting out and enjoying it.
LordLucian on
Some change (maybe drastically) needs to be done to combat climate change and urgently or we will see more crop failures, people with weak or compromised immune systems in hospitals more and/or more fatalities not to mention the rumoured ecological collapse as talked about by the scientific community.
As someone with an number of health conditions that result in me having difficulty maintaining my internal body temperature the hotter weather will kill me sooner than most.
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Britons may be bracing for further meteorological disruption as scientists caution that an approaching „Super El Niño“ could drive temperatures to unprecedented heights
Weather experts say the climatic phenomenon – triggered by warming waters in the Pacific Ocean – has the capacity to dramatically amplify heat globally, sparking concerns about more severe weather conditions affecting the UK. A Super El Niño develops when sea-surface temperatures in the central-eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean surge by at least 2C above average
A Super El Niño is now anticipated to develop between this month and July. The European Union’s climate monitoring service has indicated ocean temperatures are now approaching record peaks as conditions transition towards a potentially intense El Niño weather pattern.
Samantha Burgess, from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, revealed sea surface temperatures in recent days were marginally below the all-time records of 2024.
In other words we might actually get a decent summer?
I decided to read it and it’s the same bullshit weather as usual then:
The Met Office reports that powerful El Niño events have historically been associated with a heightened likelihood of colder and drier winters across the UK – while simultaneously disrupting weather systems globally, which can trigger heatwaves and torrential rainfall in other regions, reports the Mirror.
This year im affixing space blankets to my windows during the hottest days, i dont care if it looks like Walter White lives here.
Cue the idiots repeating lines like “about time we get a nice summer” and “Wanted a BBQ”
Must be comforting not living in existential dread in the face of climate collapse
The El Niño is likely to cause water shortages and destabilise the global food supply further. Further pushing people into the cost of living crisis
For anyone who still uses their brain, we need our government to take immediate action over the collapse of the natural world and start preparing for the worst case scenarios
Keep putting off installing air-conditioning, maybe this heatwave will be the one that makes me go for it.
Nah probably not, I’ll just moan a lot and sweat like fuck instead like normal.
Mad how every climate warning in the UK gets translated as “might be nice for a pint though.”
Like yeah, enjoy the sun, obviously. But maybe the planet cooking itself shouldn’t be treated like a cheeky bank holiday upgrade.
Bloody hell – every time we get one of these fear and dread forecasts the weather’s fucking shite for 6 months. Can’t you all just be quiet and let me have a half decent summer for once? Last year we were going to be boiled off the planet and we got about 30m of rainfall in “summer”.
We can only do so much in this country when the developing world gets on like it does. India, China, Pakistan etc.
How can the media blame this on Starmer and spin it as a blow to Rachel Reeves
Incoming boomers to tell everyone that the summer of 76′ was hotter and therefore climate change cannot be real
When the amoc finally collapses, the death toll from news reporters in this country cumming so hard they have an aneurism is going to be immense.
Honestly, I might have to delete Facebook if this happens this summer. I don’t know when or why it started, but there’s nothing more irritating than the boomers crawling out of the woodwork to flock to the BBC Weather and Met Office pages I follow, banging on about the summer of ’76, „we just called it summer in my day,“ and how the weather services are fearmongering by using red for high temps, as if red has never been used to denote high temperatue.
Honestly, you guys be miserable, im going cliche and enjoy myself. Im just happy it should be a nice summer. Looking forward to getting out and enjoying it.
Some change (maybe drastically) needs to be done to combat climate change and urgently or we will see more crop failures, people with weak or compromised immune systems in hospitals more and/or more fatalities not to mention the rumoured ecological collapse as talked about by the scientific community.
As someone with an number of health conditions that result in me having difficulty maintaining my internal body temperature the hotter weather will kill me sooner than most.