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What you're seeing tends to be consistent with "transitional" ENSO states, meaning when we are leaving one state (in this case El Nino) and then going into another state (potentially La Nina).  It is hard to see the equatorial wind anomalies really lock in until you are closer to the N. Hemisphere fall/winter.  There are some short term equatorial wind forecasts from GFS that M. Ventrice posts on his website here that you might find interesting.  Recently, the low-level trade winds (850-hPa) have weakened a bit (the red/orange/yellows).  But the near-term forecast is for the trade winds to pick up again (the blues).   Hope things get more favorable for you!