Transition from La Nina to Neutral Underway in Equatorial Pacific
From NOAA
...A transition from La NiƱa to ENSO-neutral conditions occurred during June 2008, as sea surface temperatures (SSTs) returned to near-average across the central and east-central equatorial Pacific Ocean...
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It will take the atmosphere a few months to fully entrain the ocean temps but this may result in some marginal suppression of Atlantic Hurricane formation. Also, it should marginally increase world temps in the lower troposphere
Posted by: mhw 2008-07-10 |