I found a similar distribution (image on the left), but I found it interesting that after December, the relationship seems to go away and Phase 5 is no longer preferred (image on right). Might be due to most La Niñas fading after the new year??? Did you find that too? pic.twitter.com/1QZ0ZvBlN3

— Eric Snodgrass (@snodgrss) November 20, 2020