Frank2 wrote:Thanks for the update - what you said makes sense, and from what I've been told the MJO issue has nothing to do with the El Nino event, because from what I'm told one is atmospheric and one is oceanic...
I only have a mediocre understanding of all of the different components of the MJO, but from what I have read the MJO being over the pacific (phases 7 and 8 primarily?) encourages westerly winds which thus encourages the continued transport of warm water to the EPAC.