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Plain climate science & communication. Mission: To understand & protect the home planet. Innovation, energy & health entrepreneur. Board Club of Rome NL

Apr 5, 2023, 5 tweets

Is El Niño already here, just not yet fully at the surface?

Relatively cold water is rapidly being replaced by warmer water across the Equatorial Pacific.

The anomalies (bottom) show that the blue colors (La Niña) have rapidly disappeared across the tropics in the past three months.

Also note how both the North Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans stay warmer than normal.

As they have the past years, especially since IMO2020 has come into effect:

These newest El Niño forcasts are eerily pointing towards a Super El Niño on the horizon.
50/50?

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