As a Belgian resident in Peru, I had the idea to make some comments about the coming El Nino. I'm living in Peru, and we're just finishing winter, which was less cold than the previous one. Normally, temperatures should go down until 16 or 17°, but this time, it never went under 18°. For the moment, we have 20°, which is 2° above normal.
I think it will be interesting to make some comments about what it's going on here, because peruvian authorities are taking some decisions about the coming El Nino, like installing some emergency offices and keeping an eye on the climatologic evolution. I'm reading the peruvian newspapers all the time and you have, for the people who know spanish, the SENAMHI, which is the Meteorological Service of Peru. Their adres is at http://www.senamhi.gob.pe
For the moment, the most intereresting thing is temperatures along the coast, which is 2° higher than normal. Piura, in the North, well known for torrential rains during strongs El Nino is reporting 31°, which is a lot higher than I experienced in the past when I lived over there with 2-3° warmer than normal. Lima, Trujillo in the center, Tacna in the South are all experiencing temperatures around or above 20°, which is 2° above normal. As I said, winter was not unpleasant and we're all feeling here that things are warming up and that conditions are not normal. Summer could be quite interesting, hot and humid.
Maybe if El Nino is really waking up here, we could make this sticky as I could provide some quite permanent informations.
