“La Niña” phenomenon will generate temperature changes in the country in the last quarter of 2024

Published at: 03/10/2024 05:17 PM

By the last quarter of 2024, Venezuela is expected to migrate from the “El Niño” phenomenon to that of “La Niña”, which will cause a change in the hot climate and an improvement in temperatures, said the president of the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (INAMEH), Reidy Zambrano.

The INAMEH, in its account on the social network Instagram, points out that during its participation in the radio program Al Instante, broadcast by Unión Radio, Zambrano explained that there is currently a lot of uncertainty, since “global models predict 70% between October, November and December that people will migrate to the phenomenon of" La Niña”, this will increase rainfall, although the effects are not immediate”.

“The correlation takes a certain amount of time to appear and, if it generally occurs in general terms, “La Niña” tends to increase rainfall and decrease temperatures,” he said.

He also recalled that there are two periods in the country, the rainy one that began in April and the dry one that should begin during the month of November. “Right now we are in a neutral phase,” he said.

Regarding the climate estimates for this October 4th by the traditional “Cordonazo de San Francisco”, Zambrano stressed that “it coincides that we have the rainy season with the intertropical convergence zone confined to the north, the passage of tropical waves and cyclonic activity”.

“This is why rainfall is increasing, it is typical of the date, it is normal for this type of phenomenon to occur,” he said.

In addition, he noted that “there are still a significant number of tropical waves to form”, because the rainy period will last until the month of November and mentioned that the estimates reach more than 60 tropical waves and so far 42 have formed.

“It is essential for us to have monitoring instruments for rains, which is why we install Auroras in communities, to first make the population aware of the climate emergency and second to empower them through community rain meters, and with the National Risk Management System we are going to vulnerable populations to take data to generate strategies that help mitigate and minimize these changes,” he said.

Mazo News Team