TOKYO, May 27 (NNN-NHK) – Japan’s weather agency said, higher-than-average temperatures are likely to hit nationwide from June through Aug.
According to a three-month forecast, announced earlier this week, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) predicted a hot summer, due to warm and humid air flowing in Japan, from the edge of a high-pressure system in the Pacific.
The JMA said, the ending of the El Nino phenomenon will strengthen the high-pressure system.
Weather officials said that, in June and July, temperatures will be normal or high in northern Japan, while expecting high temperatures in eastern and western Japan and in the Okinawa and Amami regions. In Aug, temperatures will be high across the country.
Shotaro Tanaka, head of the JMA’s abnormal weather information centre, called for “vigilant measures against heatstroke, as temperatures may spike during sunny periods in the rainy season, even before the peak of summer.”
Rainfall is expected to be near-normal during the three months in northern and eastern Japan, and usual or more than usual in western Japan, as well as, the Okinawa and Amami regions, the JMA added.
Weather officials warned of very high temperatures in Aug, if a La Nina weather pattern takes place.– NNN-NHK
