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Current State of the Tropical Pacific

Topics:
El Niño Indices | Maps of Sea Surface Temperatures (SST)
 Maps of Outgoing Longwave Radiation(OLR) | Combined SST/OLR Animations | Precipitation

El Niño Indices

Combined Variable El Niño index:

o Most recent plots of index
MEI time series
o Detailed documentation on index
o Comparison of this event with other events
MEI time series comparisons

Southern Oscillation Index:

o Plot of recent Southern Oscillation values (from the Climate Prediction Center)
o Table of most recent Southern Oscillation values (from the Climate Prediction Center)
o History of the Southern Oscillation Index

Sea Surface Temperature Timeseries:

o Timeseries Plot of recent SST's for various tropical Pacific regions (from the Climate Prediction Center)
o Table of recent SST's for various tropical Pacific regions (from the Climate Prediction Center)

Maps of Sea Surface Temperatures (SST)

Outgoing Longwave Radiation (OLR)

Precipitation Rate

Combined SST OLR animations