Stormsfury wrote:TropicalWxWatcher wrote:The warming trend probably has a lot to do with the long stretch of -SOI anomalies we had not too long ago. The - MJO probably contributed to KW formation too....and we may just now be beginning to see the effects. But overall, I still see a near neutral ENSO pattern taking shape this summer, with only minor fluctuations.
I thought that might have been from a Kelvin Wave but I hadn't had much time to look into that lately (plus I might have lost my link somehow in the changeover to this PC) ...
SF
SF Kelvin wave was the cause of a warm burst but the wave weakened as it moved east into the eastern pacific as this update from early june says.
http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/enso/index.shtml
