(Reuters photo)HONG KONG/KUALA LUMPUR - El Nino may develop by July as forecasters worldwide predict the pattern that can disrupt global weather is set to return this year. The bureau maintained a "watch" for the weather pattern, indicating a 50% chance of it forming this year. From June onward, this warming is forecast to approach or surpass El Nino thresholds, it said. "With it being only a weak El Nino, it looks like at this point it wouldn't lead to extreme dryness," he said in an interview in Singapore on Tuesday. There's a 53% chance El Nino will emerge between October and December, up from 50% last month, the US Climate Prediction Center said last week.

Source: Bangkok Post March 14, 2017 13:30 UTC