Excellent information! I wish this kind of information was easier to find instead of following several links from the main NOAA page (http://www.noaa.gov/news/march-and-year-to-date-were-2nd-warmest-on-record-for-world) (http://www.noaa.gov/understanding-el-nino) (https://www.climate.gov/news-features/department/enso-blog). It may be I'm not finding the most direct route either. This was easy to understand information, interesting (to me), and will be a site I'll come back to frequently. Thanks for the hard work; in an age where there seems to be an orchestrated effort to discredit science and the work NOAA does, there are many people out there that appreciate what NOAA and climate science does and the information provided. Thanks again and I'll definitely be a regular visitor. PS - Lamar Smith blows goats.