Very warm in the western tropical Pacific Ocean, which is *not* typical of El Nino, and differentiates this event from 2015 & 1997. Removing climate change (aka Relative Nino Index) puts this event at about 1.5C: reasoning in our paper at https://t.co/2uEcnT2r9b @BenNollWeather https://t.co/cEV4zOCvXR

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