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Apart from the recent cooling form EPAC, it seems that this will be a La Niña Modoki event. Both SST and near-surface winds anomalies charts show that the cooling is very concentrated near the International Date Line, and there is a "boundary" between stronger and weaker trade winds close to Hawaii, which is indicative of a textbook Modoki event since Traditional La Niñas have enhanced trade winds all the way from South America coast.