New Zealand facing El Nino weather conditions

Climate scientists have predicted that New Zealand is in the grip of an El Nino weather pattern which is as strong as the "super El Nino" which ravaged the West Coast in 1997-98. The analysis is that the current El Nino, already classed as "strong", could bring more rain than usual to the Coast over the coming three months.
This has been reported in nzherald.co.nz dated 20 October 2015.

In order to assess how strong the El Nino was, the scientists used a variety of information and the data revealed that the current El Nino had strengthened and has now been ranked nearly as highly as the "super El Ninos" of 1982-83 and 1997-98.
One of the effects of El Nino for New Zealand were high likelihood of stronger than normal westerlies during summer. Past data had shown that there was above average rainfall on the West Coast during the 1982-83 and 1997-98 summers but, some areas of the Coast received around 180 per cent of their normal rainfall during the 1997-98 summer.
In order to tackle El Nino, farmers might have to stand their cows off more frequently than in previous years. That would be worth it because when there is 50 per cent less grass one has to act accordingly. Some farmers might have to go in for serious decisions like culling the cows early while others could choose once-a-day milking.
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