Equatorial trade winds have relaxed with the decline of La Niña and a downwelling Kelvin wave is presently building up the heat content of the equatorial Atlantic ocean. It may be leading to an Atlantic Niño. It will be interesting to see how the heat content of the North Atlantic evolves this summer and how the hurricane season progresses. Atmospheric teleconnections have effectively transferred heat from the equatorial western Pacific and Indian ocean to the equatorial Atlantic over the past two months.