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Weekly global SST anomaly source data

For earlier materials see Table of Contents

Fall Rains	After ‘dry summer’
	Global warming?

· This is anomaly for the last week September--- note the Bering is still very hot --- the Pacific off BC has cooled down to normal – though Hecate might still be slightly warmer --Most significant ‘event’ (after Arctic warming) is a mild La Nina seems to be developing off the coast of South America

· After a dry stretch in August – fall rains return

· Sunny weather in August prompted fall plankton bloom

		Rains return
		As I said previously Rupert was had less precipitation than Terrace in our August (drought)

			Sunny weather prompts fall plankton bloom
			Compare the ‘rain’ on graph above around Sept 11^th with composite satellite images to left – appears the bloom in Hecate (Sept 16-18) was short lived – note too the salmon farm fish kill caused by harmful algal bloom (HAB) in Klemtu – where Heterosigma akashiwo blamed