Japan weather bureau sees La Nina ending soon

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[January 11, 2017]    TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's weather bureau said on Wednesday that the latest La Nina was is expected to end soon, with a 70-percent chance that normal weather patterns would continue during the spring.

 

La Nina, which tends to occur unpredictably every two to seven years, is a weather pattern characterized by unusually cold temperatures in the equatorial Pacific Ocean.

The outlook is in line with a U.S. government weather forecast, which said last month that weak La Nina conditions were present but favored to dissipate in the coming months.

(Reporting by Yuka Obayashi; Editing by Joseph Radford)

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