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SST in October	La Nina developing
	Pacific off BC cooler

Both images are SST Anomalies

Here is 2006 for comparison

Note hot pool in central Pacific in 2007 vs 2006

La Nina developing off South America

Cooler waters off South America (red arrow)

SST averages for October – note 10C isotherm

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Follow 10C contour for year to year comparisons

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2001 is most similar in series to 2007

Note the green (cooler than average) along equator in October 2007

September SSTs & anomalies (latter with Nino-Nina cycles)
----August SSTs --- trends?

July SSTs and Skeena River discharge

May SSTs ---and seasonal SST changes in ‘spring’

June SSTs w similar format to above

See my 2006 SST articles where series in seasons not all one month

See also the 2005 PDO article where concept flips from one steady state to another --- suspect as ‘Global Warming explanatory concept’ now being used

Source of SST ‘archive’ info found here

SST anomalies archive here

Strong La Nina developing in October 2007

· In 2001 the coolest water pool was off BC (QCIs), but in 2007 it’s off US (Washington & Oregon)

· Series from 2002 through 2006 was one of steady increasing warmth (using 10C contour) in waters off BC & AK --- images

· Weather predictions? --- Early snowfall consistent with cooler waters off BC this October--- contrast between warm & cool waters in N pacific suggests ‘>storminess’

Created by LG on 5/11/2007

Last updated on Monday, November 05, 2007