You may be right. The whole Global pattern supports Weak El Nino right now. I've seen it evolve many times, and a developing Weak El Nino in June-July rarely wanes before the next year. Things have cooled off short term. The subsurface is impressive, especially since the cold pool in trend is peaking. Nino 3.4 will be +0.5 to +0.7 in 4-6 weeks is my guess.
I researched things some 10 years ago with real data points correlations in a 1948-2007 dataset, and found tremendous correlation to subsurface ENSO anomalies and North Pacific pattern. The correlation was stronger than any surface El NIno/Nina, MJO, OLR, SST trend/difference.
This cold pool is happening as the North Pacific +PNA is waning. Not a coincidence.
The rate of warming now, it will at least be Weak for a time. We would need a pretty significant global pattern change for it to not at least go Weak El Nino for some time.
The May 19 map is better..
The North Pacific right now is totally El Nino. You dont see this in La Nina really ever (Ive been watching since 2001). Nice to have these waves while still in longer wavelength season of a new event
A few analogs to wet May..
1956, 1957, 1958, 1959
1987, 1991x2, 2001, 2003, 2004,
2009, 2010, 2012
A lot of hurricanes off the SE coast a few months later.
Clouds were cool. It was a heavy energy day, similar to before 2016. But it was just a peak (look).. something is trying hard to make a point. That means it's something else