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  Tropical Highlights

  Table of Atmospheric Indices  (Table 1)

  Table of Oceanic Indices  (Table 2)

  Time Series

  Time-Longitude Sections

  Mean & Anomaly Fields

  Appendix 1: Outside Contributions

Table of Oceanic Indices

SEPTEMBER 2018

  PACIFIC SST ATLANTIC SST Global
  NINO 1+2 NINO 3 NINO 3.4 NIN0 4 N. ATL S. ATL TROPICS
MONTH 0-10S 5N-5S 5N-5S 5N-5S 5N-20N 0-20S 10N-10S
  90W-80W 150W-90W 170W-120W 160E-150W 60W-30W 30W-10E 0W-360W
SEP 18 -0.1 20.3 0.3 25.2 0.3 27.1 0.5 29.1 0.1 28.2 -0.1 22.9 0.2 27.4
AUG 18 0.1 20.7 0.2 25.2 0.3 27.1 0.5 29.2 -0.3 27.5 -0.2 22.9 0.1 27.3
JUL 18 -0.2 21.4 0.4 26.1 0.3 27.5 0.3 29.1 -0.5 26.7 0.1 23.8 0.1 27.6
JUN 18 -0.6 22.2 0.3 26.7 0.2 27.9 0.3 29.2 -0.7 26.1 0.2 25.2 0.1 28.1
MAY 18 -0.5 23.7 -0.2 26.9 -0.1 27.7 0.2 29.0 -0.5 25.9 -0.1 26.2 0.0 28.6
APR 18 -1.0 24.6 -0.4 27.1 -0.4 27.4 0.1 28.6 -0.2 25.7 -0.1 27.0 0.0 28.6
MAR 18 -0.8 25.8 -0.8 26.4 -0.7 26.5 -0.1 28.1 0.1 25.7 -0.4 26.7 -0.1 28.2
FEB 18 -0.6 25.6 -1.0 25.4 -0.9 25.8 -0.2 27.9 0.0 25.6 -0.3 26.3 -0.1 27.7
JAN 18 -0.8 23.7 -1.1 24.5 -0.8 25.8 -0.3 28.0 0.3 26.3 -0.1 25.6 -0.1 27.5
DEC 17 -1.5 21.3 -1.1 24.0 -0.8 25.8 -0.3 28.2 0.6 27.4 -0.3 24.4 -0.1 27.6
NOV 17 -1.2 20.4 -1.0 23.9 -0.9 25.8 -0.2 28.5 0.2 27.9 0.0 24.0 0.1 27.7
OCT 17 -1.3 19.5 -0.6 24.3 -0.5 26.2 -0.1 28.6 0.2 28.3 0.2 23.6 0.1 27.5
SEP 17 -0.7 19.7 -0.7 24.2 -0.4 26.3 0.0 28.7 0.4 28.5 0.1 23.2 0.1 27.4

TABLE 2.  Mean and anomalous sea surface temperature (C) for the most recent 12 months. Anomalies are departures from the 1981-2010 adjusted OI climatology (Smith and Reynolds 1998, J. Climate, 11,3320-3323).


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