How has 2019 differed from 2018 in the global tropics?
— Ben Noll (@BenNollWeather) July 23, 2019
In 2019, a coupled El Niño event has driven a primary rising branch in the central Pacific, resulting in an equally strong sinking branch in the Atlantic.
A +IOD has helped to reinforce this pattern. pic.twitter.com/xUXmilFgqK