AussieMark wrote:wxmann_91 wrote:HurricaneBill wrote:Does this WPAC season seem like it is behaving more like a post-El Nino season rather than an El Nino season?
I agree. Very queer.
In fact, in all accounts, since September, the synoptic patterns around the world are not really acting as if there was an El Nino. In fact, yesterday's SOI was nearly +20!! :cough:
I beg to differ. The synoptic pattern across australia is very typical of el nino event.
Okay, maybe Australia is different, but at least in the northern hemisphere, it is almost as if el nino did not exist.
1) Strong pacific jet, dry SW, Pac NW absolutely drenched, warm east (that's reminscent of La Nina in fact).
2) Typhoons are forming very far to the west and striking the Philippines. Usually they form far east and recurve or strike Japan.
3) OLR at the dateline is positive. Result: shear is decreasing in the Atlantic.