The cooling has slowed and the upcoming WWB looks like it means business, looks more and more impressive. We may see a huge spike in the warming by late month
While I doubt a ‘97 or ‘15 peak as of right now, IMO I don’t think a peak of +2.0C - +2.4C come November/December is far fetched at all. Will a “low-end” super peak matter overall this winter and make a big difference as opposed to it peaking higher? I dunno
We can keep using the persistence argument/forecast but eventually that doesn’t work anymore. Patterns are bound to change, they can’t stay the same forever, especially after almost 10 years
Right, however, now that we have this strong El Niño event developing, coupled with a very healthy +IOD, my thinking is that this may be enough to finally break the IO and Maritime Continent MJO phases. We will have to wait and see
Once the +IOD gets going, it’s going to produce strong subsidence over the IO and the Maritime Continent. That should effectively kill the “Niña-like” MJO wave phases
Yes. That upcoming WWB means business. So does the developing +IOD, which is going to constructively interfere with the El Nino and you can kiss the La Niña like MJO phases goodbye
The new Euro is showing a strong +IOD developing. It’s going to constructively interfere with the El Niño. I think these MJO attempts are about to change in a big way
Likely very temporary with another major -SOI onslaught and WWBs coming. Once these TC’s start forming in the Eastern Pacific, it’s only going to increase the westerlies/WWBs behind them as they move away
Region 1+2 is blazing again, up to +2.6C and climbing, region 3 is at +1.2C and also climbing. This event isn’t just east-based, it’s extremely east-based. And there’s yet another Eastern Pacific WWB/downwelling Kelvin wave
Classic Eastern Pacific (EP) canonical El Niño. The east-based warming/WWBs/downwelling Kelvin waves just continue to get re-enforced through Bjerknes feedback: