'Historical observations' suggest La Nina developing in second half of 2024

Sky News Meteorologist Rob Sharpe has delivered a significant prediction for the second half of 2024. “There is a 65 per cent chance of La Nina developing after El Nino ends in Autumn with only a 30 per cent chance of neutral and only a 5 per cent chance of back-to-back El Nino events,” Mr Sharpe told Sky News Australia. “This is based primarily on historical observations on what happens when you are in an El Nino event and this current pattern in the Pacific Ocean. “El Nino is still active throughout the Pacific but this is a different El Nino to normal. “We have got these warmer-than-usual seas hugging the eastern Australian coastline.”