Enso & SST

ENSO and Sea Surface TEmperatures
Warmer than average seas around Kiribati
SST anomalies have still shown little change since July, with an area of warm 30°C surface waters and positive SST anomalies (at least 1.0°C above average) between the Solomon Islands and Western Kiribati. SST anomalies also continued 1.0°C or more above average about and to the east of the Tuamotu Islands. A tongue of cooler equatorial waters remains off the South American coast, enhancing the east-west temperature gradient somewhat.

28 February 2007

ENSO and Sea Surface TEmperatures

Warmer than average seas around Kiribati

SST anomalies have still shown little change since July, with an area of warm 30°C surface waters and positive SST anomalies (at least 1.0°C above average) between the Solomon Islands and Western Kiribati. SST anomalies also continued 1.0°C or more above average about and to the east of the Tuamotu Islands. A tongue of cooler equatorial waters remains off the South American coast, enhancing the east-west temperature gradient somewhat. Eastern equatorial SSTs are expected to stay in the neutral range into 2002. The October Southern Oscillation Index (SOI) averaged -0.3; the 3-month mean was �0.4, with trade winds remaining slightly enhanced east of the Dateline in the central equatorial Pacific.

Sea surface temperature anomalies (°C) for October 2001

Mean sea surface temperatures (°C) for October 2001

Island Climate Update 14 - November 2001