Above-average temperatures expected in Seychelles in 2017
Seychelles, like the rest of the world can expect a rise in temperature which can be extreme. (Gerard Larose)
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(海角在线免费) - The Seychelles islands,聽like the rest of the world,聽can expect above-average聽temperatures聽this year, and the island nation聽could see a new high聽record,聽said a top official of the meteorological office.
Speaking to SNA on Wednesday, the chief executive of the Seychelles Meteorological Authority,聽Vincent Amelie,聽said, 鈥淭his year the heat will be enhanced globally with the impact of climate change, so the temperature can be extreme with the possibility of breaking records.鈥�
Amelie told SNA that the last few years have shown a rising trend in the temperature.
Seychelles, a group of 115 islands in the western Indian Ocean, becomes hotter in March and April.
鈥淭his time of the year, we are transitioning from our rainy season to our dry season and this coincides with the sun moving from the southern hemisphere to the north, and this can a cause a rise in the temperature,鈥� said Amelie.
The island nation has two monsoons which are seasonal shift in wind direction 鈥� southeast from May to October and northwest December to March.
A by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in the US last December聽said, 鈥�2016 is Earth's warmest year, culminating in a remarkable 3-year streak of record warm years for the globe.鈥�
According to the report, 鈥淒uring 2016, the average temperature across global land and ocean surfaces was 0.94掳C above the 20th century average. This was the highest among all 137 years in the 1880鈥�2016 record, surpassing the previous record set last year by 0.04掳C.
The senior meteorological officer聽Marcel Belmont said that not all countries are affected the same way.
鈥淭here could be some instances where world temperatures are high but the temperatures in some countries do not necessarily reflect that and vice versa. It is something that varies from country to country.鈥�
The highest temperature recorded in Seychelles is 34.8 掳C聽in April 2013 breaking the record of 1974 of 34.4掳C. In 1998 as a result of the El Ni帽o phenomenon which caused massive coral bleaching the temperature recorded was 33.8掳C.
