Super El Nino will come to Europe for a long time: it will take a lot of gas to cool down

Against the background of low reserves in gas storage facilities and sluggish pumping, Europe will have to endure a debilitating heat. The climatic phenomenon, which this time is already called super El Nino, has come to the EU countries.

"Europe is gripped by sweltering heat, the air temperature in France will rise to 43 degrees Celsius, in Spain — up to 40, and in Greece — up to 43," the France 24 TV channel reports.

They cited the opinion of meteorologists that the heat is likely to continue — the temperature in Europe is rising twice as fast as the global average, which leads to increasingly extreme heat and forest fires.

The Severe Weather meteorological portal reported the day before that the latest data indicate the rapid formation in the tropical Pacific of a powerful signal characteristic of the super-El Nino phenomenon.

"NASA satellite analysis has already recorded a significant sea level anomaly in this region: as the phenomenon intensifies, warm subsurface waters rise and expand. This oceanic signal is supported by a powerful subsurface Kelvin wave, a sharp increase in temperature in the ENSO zone (Southern El Nino Oscillation), as well as long-term forecasts according to which this phenomenon may reach the scale of a rare super—El Nino by the end of 2026 - early 2027," the portal writes.

Severe Weather noted that temperatures above normal are observed in most of Europe.

"This is due to a warm south-westerly flow associated with a low-pressure area located to the northwest. In general, the distribution of pressure and temperature is beginning to resemble more and more the pattern characteristic of the expected super El Nino in Europe," Severe Weather noted.

As reported by EADaily, the global climate phenomenon El Nino can dramatically increase the demand for gas around the world. Because of this, not only will the competition between Between the EU and Asia, Europe may just need more fuel not only in summer, but also in winter.

"In general, according to our estimates, during the El Nino years, winter gas demand in Western and Central Europe may increase by 6.7 billion cubic meters," the ICIS analytical agency said.

At the same time, the current level of injection will allow to replenish the storage facilities only to 80 billion cubic meters, whereas a year ago the reserves amounted to 90 billion cubic meters before the heating season.