北京，10月9日 - 中国国家气候中心表示，由于太平洋海域从5月至9月快速升温，已满足极端气候事件的标准，上个月正式形成了超级厄尔尼诺事件。
BEIJING, Oct 9 - A super El Niño event officially formed last month, after rapid warming of the Pacific Ocean from May to September met the criteria for the extreme climate event, China's National Climate Centre said.
中国官方通讯社新华社援引国家气候中心的话称，预计这次厄尔尼诺现象将成为有系统监测以来最强的一次。
This El Niño is forecast to become the strongest one since systemic monitoring of this climate pattern began, Chinese state news agency Xinhua quoted the NCC as saying.
该气候监测和预报机构表示，9月份赤道太平洋大部分海域的海表温度高于同期平均水平。
Sea surface temperatures across most of the equatorial Pacific in September were higher than the average of the same period, the climate monitor and forecaster said.
根据国家气候中心的数据，暖水中心位于赤道太平洋东部，那里海表温度比平均水平高出3摄氏度。
The centre of the warm waters was located in the eastern equatorial Pacific, where surface temperatures exceeded the average by 3 degrees Celsius, according to NCC data.
国家气候中心首席预报员赵俊虎表示，预计未来三个月，该现象核心区域的赤道太平洋中东部海表温度将继续上升，并在深秋和初冬达到峰值。
NCC chief forecaster, Zhao Junhu said surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific at the heart of the phenomenon were predicted to continue rising in the next three months, peaking in late autumn and early winter.
联合国气象机构本周预测，10月至12月的气温将比正常水平高出创纪录的3.7摄氏度（6.7华氏度）。
The UN weather body this week predicted those temperatures would be a record 3.7 degrees Celsius (6.7 degrees Fahrenheit) above normal from October to December.
厄尔尼诺天气现象通常每两到七年发生一次，此时信风减弱导致太平洋东部海水变暖。
The El Nino weather phenomenon typically occurs every two to seven years, when weakening trade winds result in warmer waters in the eastern Pacific.
它往往会导致全球气温升高，并扰乱大范围的降雨模式，给一些地区带来干旱，给另一些地区带来暴雨。
It tends to cause higher global temperatures and disrupt rainfall patterns across large regions, bringing drought to some areas and heavy rain to others