ENSO Update
ENSO Update
Current El Niño Situation
Fig 1 Southern Oscillation Index (up to August 2002)
Fig 2 Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies for August 2002.
Fig 3 Sub-surface temperature along the equator for August 2002.
Fig 4 TAO/TRITON 5-Day Equatorial SST and winds.
An El Niño event is under way in the tropical Pacific and there is a strong consensus that it will continue into the Southern Hemisphere wet season, although it is likely to be much weaker than the 1997/98 event.