SYDNEY (Reuters) - Climate indicators are nearing levels associated with an El Nino weather event, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology said on Tuesday.
Pacific Ocean sea temperatures now exceed El Nino thresholds, the bureau said, while trade winds have weakened over the last few weeks - suggesting coupling between the ocean and atmosphere may be occurring.
Should this pattern continue, the bureau said, an El Nino will develop.
(Reporting by Colin Packham; Editing by Richard Pullin)
