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28/08/2026

🔥 EL NIÑO JUST GOT A LOT MORE SERIOUS

The latest NOAA Climate Prediction Center update, issued 24 August 2026, has significantly raised the stakes for the upcoming El Niño.

🌊 El Niño is already present and strengthening.

The latest Pacific Ocean temperatures are running at:

🌡️ Niño 3.4: +1.8°C
🌡️ Niño 3: +2.5°C
🌡️ Niño 1+2: +3.2°C

But it's the forecast that has caught our attention.

📈 The CPC now gives a GREATER THAN 90% chance of a VERY STRONG El Niño from September–November through November–January 2026/27.

Even more remarkable: there is now a 69% chance that the October–December 2026 El Niño could become a HISTORIC EVENT — exceeding the strength of previous El Niño events dating back to 1950.

The ocean is already showing strong support for continued development, with above-average heat content beneath the equatorial Pacific and strengthening subsurface warmth across the east-central and eastern Pacific.

And this is where things get particularly interesting for South Africa.

A very strong El Niño does not mean we can simply declare that South Africa will be hot, dry or storm-free. ENSO is a large-scale climate driver, not a weather forecast.

But if this event continues strengthening as forecast, it could have a major influence on the atmospheric circulation patterns affecting Southern Africa during the 2026/27 summer.

This is no longer a case of “Will El Niño develop?”

It is now: HOW STRONG WILL IT BECOME? 🌎🔥

And if the current forecast verifies, we could be watching one of the most significant El Niño events in the modern observational record.

The 2026/27 summer is getting VERY interesting.

26/08/2026

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22/08/2026

Landbouminister Willie Aucamp het sy volle steun toegesê aan die Springbokvlakte se sonneblomprojek en ander landbougemeenskappe uitgedaag om dié fondsinsamelingsmodel na die res van die land uit te brei.

12/08/2026

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