And there it goes.
Goodbye La Nina. It's now Officially the end of it.
Now we are in Neutral and wait to see if El Nino Develops this summer.
Quote:
ENSO Alert System Status: Final La Niña Advisory
EL NIÑO/SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO) DIAGNOSTIC DISCUSSION
issued by CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER/NCEP/NWS and the International Research Institute for Climate and Society 9 February 2017
Synopsis: ENSO-neutral conditions have returned and are favored to continue through at least the Northern Hemisphere spring 2017. La Niña conditions are no longer present, with slightly below-average sea surface temperatures (SSTs) observed across the central equatorial Pacific and above-average SSTs increasing in the eastern Pacific (Fig. 1). The latest weekly Niño index values were -0.3°C in the westernmost Niño-4 and Niño3.4 regions, and +1.5°C in the easternmost Niño-1+2 region (Fig. 2). The upper-ocean heat content anomaly increased during January and was slightly positive when averaged across the eastern Pacific (Fig. 3), a reflection of above-average temperatures at depth (Fig. 4). Atmospheric convection remained suppressed over the central tropical Pacific and enhanced over Indonesia (Fig. 5). The low-level easterly winds were slightly enhanced over the western tropical Pacific, and upper-level westerly winds were near average. Overall, the ocean and atmosphere system is consistent with ENSO-neutral conditions.
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The temp anomalies for all regions. Nino 4 & 3.4 region still a touch colder than normal but near neutral. Nino 1+2 region is well above norm. Nino 3 is now above norm.
The forecast for Region 3.4
See you all in this thread I guess.
http://www.city-data.com/forum/weath...-2017-a-2.html