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This Week's ENSO
Niño 4 -0.6ºC
Niño 3.4 -0.9ºC
Niño 3 -0.6ºC
Niño 1+2 0.1ºC

All regions cooled.

http://www.cpc.noaa.gov/products/analys ... ts-web.pdf
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Still looking pretty neutral. I call it El None-yo.
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This Week's ENSO
Niño 4 -0.4ºC
Niño 3.4 -0.6ºC
Niño 3 -0.1ºC
Niño 1+2 1.0ºC

All regions warmed from last week. La Nina is not really likely.

http://www.cpc.noaa.gov/products/analys ... ts-web.pdf
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This Week's ENSO
Niño 4 -0.2ºC
Niño 3.4 -0.6ºC
Niño 3 -0.6ºC
Niño 1+2 -0.2ºC

Region 1+2 and 3 cooled. Region 3.4 is the same, while Region 4 warmed.

Region 1+2 is volatile due to being off the coast of South America.

http://www.cpc.noaa.gov/products/analys ... ts-web.pdf
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This Week's ENSO
Niño 4 -0.4ºC
Niño 3.4 -0.8ºC
Niño 3 -0.5ºC
Niño 1+2 0.2ºC

Region 1+2 and 3 warmed. Region 3.4 and 4 cooled. It shows that La Nina or El Nino region can be very volatile.

http://www.cpc.noaa.gov/products/analys ... ts-web.pdf
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This Week's ENSO
Niño 4 -0.6ºC
Niño 3.4 -0.8ºC
Niño 3 -0.6ºC
Niño 1+2 0.0ºC

All regions cooled except for Region 3.4.

http://www.cpc.noaa.gov/products/analys ... ts-web.pdf
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This Week's ENSO
Niño 4 -0.5ºC
Niño 3.4 -0.7ºC
Niño 3 -0.4ºC
Niño 1+2 0.4ºC

All regions warmed.

http://www.cpc.noaa.gov/products/analys ... ts-web.pdf
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This Week's ENSO
Niño 4 -0.3ºC
Niño 3.4 -0.4ºC
Niño 3 -0.3ºC
Niño 1+2 -0.1ºC

Region 1+2 cooled. All regions warmed.

http://www.cpc.noaa.gov/products/analys ... ts-web.pdf
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This Week's ENSO
Niño 4 -0.3ºC
Niño 3.4 -0.4ºC
Niño 3 -0.3ºC
Niño 1+2 -0.3ºC

Region 1+2 cooled, while all regions remain the same from last week.

http://www.cpc.noaa.gov/products/analys ... ts-web.pdf
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This Week's ENSO
Niño 4 -0.2ºC
Niño 3.4 -0.4ºC
Niño 3 -0.5ºC
Niño 1+2 0.1ºC

Region 1+2 and 4 warmed. Region 3 cooled, while Region 3.4 remains the same.

http://www.cpc.noaa.gov/products/analys ... ts-web.pdf
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This Week's ENSO
Niño 4 -0.2ºC
Niño 3.4 -0.6ºC
Niño 3 -0.5ºC
Niño 1+2 0.3ºC

Region 1+2 warmed. Region 3 and 4 remain the same. Region 3.4 cooled.

http://www.cpc.noaa.gov/products/analys ... ts-web.pdf
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This Week's ENSO
Niño 4 -0.2ºC
Niño 3.4 -0.4ºC
Niño 3 -0.5ºC
Niño 1+2 0.5ºC

Region 1+2 warmed. Region 3 and 4 are the same. Region 3.4 cooled. Not sure about La Nina.

http://www.cpc.noaa.gov/products/analys ... ts-web.pdf
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Good... Ninas are terrible here!
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MontgomeryCoWx wrote:Good... Ninas are terrible here!
I do not think we will see La Nina this winter.
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This Week's ENSO
Niño 4 -0.1ºC
Niño 3.4 -0.3ºC
Niño 3 -0.2ºC
Niño 1+2 0.6ºC

All regions warmed up from last week. La Nina is not looking likely at this point.

http://www.cpc.noaa.gov/products/analys ... ts-web.pdf
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Latest Southern Oscillation Index values
https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/seas ... tionindex/

Average for last 30 days -20.78
Average for last 90 days -7.88
Daily contribution to SOI calculation -0.36

The SOI is in negative territory which is El Nino.

Past SOI
https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/seas ... soivalues/

December 23, 2016 has a value of -670.93!

The pressure in Tahiti was 881.29 millibars! That has to be an error.

ENSO Precipitation Index (ESPI)
https://trmm.gsfc.nasa.gov/trmm_rain/Ev ... y_day.html

Last 30 Days is -1.18
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The Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) has gone up in November. It is now 1.88.

PDO Index
http://research.jisao.washington.edu/pdo/PDO.latest
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This Week's ENSO
Niño 4 -0.1ºC
Niño 3.4 -0.3ºC
Niño 3 -0.3ºC
Niño 1+2 0.8ºC

Region 1+2 warmed, while Region 3 cooled. Region 3.4 and 4 are unchanged. Not likely to see La Nina this winter.

http://www.cpc.noaa.gov/products/analys ... ts-web.pdf
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West of the International Date Line, I see warm water. Could there be another El Nino coming?

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I was just commenting this morning that we could end Winter in the Warm Neutral state and move into a Weak Nino this Spring/Summer.

Frankly, Weak Nino's are my favorite. Generally wet and cool.
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