HIGHLIGHT: The seasonal mean NINO3.4 anomaly was -0.5C for JAS2016, down from JJA (-0.3).
The CA method, acting on global JJA2016 seasonal means as latest input, but using a string of global SST going back one year, shows a modest cool down predicted for the rest of 2016. Half the members are colder than -0.5 by late 2016. Even members that look back only 1 season are going negative but all members that look back 4 non-overlapping seasons go negative more.
There are 7 (3) large +ve (-ve) weights in excess of abs(0.10), listed below. The –ve years are all old. But even the +ve years have old representatives.
Weights changed modestly from last month. The weight for 1998, in the aftermath of a previous big warm event is a large 0.26. The weight for 2015 (the string ending with JJA2015) is steady at +0.08. 2014 (a failed warm event of sort) still has a high weight. Some of the positive weight for 2013, 2014 and 2015 is non-ENSO, but interdecadal or global warming like, or OCN with K=3.
Table 1. Inner products (IP; scaled such that the sum of absolute values is 100; not shown) and weights (Wgt multiplied by 100.) of each of the years to construct an analogue to the sequence of 12 consecutive overlapping 3-month periods defined as the base (currently the 12 overlapping seasons string ASO2015 thru JAS2016). Years in the table are labeled by the year of the middle month of the most recent predictor season. Weights for 1956 and 2015 are less (by 50%) because only half the members use these years ("early" members use 1956, "late" members 2015). Data currently thru Sep 2016.
Year |
IP |
Wgt |
Year |
IP |
Wgt |
Year |
IP |
Wgt |
Year |
IP |
Wgt |
Year |
IP |
Wgt |
Year |
IP |
Weigt |
1956 |
xx |
-8 |
1966 |
Xx |
-6 |
1976 |
Xx |
-16 |
1986 |
xx |
2 |
1996 |
xx |
-3 |
2006 |
xx |
-3 |
1957 |
xx |
5 |
1967 |
Xx |
-11 |
1977 |
Xx |
-7 |
1987 |
xx |
-6 |
1997 |
xx |
-5 |
2007 |
xx |
2 |
1958 |
xx |
11 |
1968 |
Xx |
6 |
1978 |
Xx |
4 |
1988 |
xx |
-6 |
1998 |
xx |
24 |
2008 |
xx |
-9 |
1959 |
xx |
13 |
1969 |
Xx |
4 |
1979 |
Xx |
1 |
1989 |
xx |
-3 |
1999 |
xx |
-6 |
2009 |
xx |
1 |
1960 |
xx |
13 |
1970 |
Xx |
-2 |
1980 |
Xx |
6 |
1990 |
xx |
2 |
2000 |
xx |
2 |
2010 |
xx |
7 |
1961 |
xx |
-3 |
1971 |
Xx |
-7 |
1981 |
Xx |
-2 |
1991 |
xx |
-4 |
2001 |
xx |
7 |
2011 |
xx |
-7 |
1962 |
xx |
3 |
1972 |
Xx |
-4 |
1982 |
Xx |
-4 |
1992 |
xx |
3 |
2002 |
xx |
-4 |
2012 |
xx |
5 |
1963 |
xx |
5 |
1973 |
Xx |
11 |
1983 |
xx |
1 |
1993 |
xx |
-2 |
2003 |
xx |
4 |
2013 |
xx |
11 |
1964 |
xx |
1 |
1974 |
Xx |
-2 |
1984 |
Xx |
3 |
1994 |
xx |
-1 |
2004 |
xx |
-5 |
2014 |
xx |
11 |
1965 |
xx |
-15 |
1975 |
Xx |
-6 |
1985 |
Xx |
-3 |
1995 |
xx |
6 |
2005 |
xx |
4 |
2015 |
xx |
8 |
Weights are high +ve (>+0.10) for 2014, 2013,1998,1973,1960,1959,1958
Weights are high -ve (< - 0.10) for 1976,1967,1965
Ens ave Nino34 anomaly forecasts, for leads -3, -2, -1, 0 etc: in plain numbers (ensemble mean of 12):
-0.53 |
-0.55 |
-0.61 |
-0.67 |
-0.61 |
-0.52 |
-0.38 |
-0.2 |
-0.06 |
-0.04 |
-0.13 |
-0.21 |
-0.19 |
-0.1 |
-0.15 |
-0.24 |
-0.31 |
-0.34 |
-0.32 |
-0.16 |
-0.05 |
JAS16 |
SON |
NDJ |
JFM17 |
MAM |
MJJ |
JAS |
SON |
NDJ |
JFM18 |
MAM |
One month ago:
-0.32 |
-0.35 |
-0.42 |
-0.5 |
-0.53 |
-0.47 |
-0.38 |
-0.26 |
-0.14 |
-0.05 |
-0.08 |
-0.15 |
-0.23 |
-0.15 |
-0.07 |
-0.07 |
-0.13 |
-0.21 |
-0.23 |
-0.22 |
-0.05 |
JAS16 |
SON |
NDJ |
JFM17 |
MAM |
MJJ |
JAS |
SON |
NDJ |
JFM18 |
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Two months ago
0.04 |
-0.04 |
-0.15 |
-0.24 |
-0.2 |
-0.23 |
-0.2 |
-0.16 |
-0.08 |
-0.01 |
0.03 |
0 |
-0.05 |
-0.09 |
0.04 |
0.18 |
0.29 |
0.28 |
0.24 |
0.18 |
0.12 |
MJJ16 |
JAS |
SON |
NDJ |
JFM17 |
MAM |
MJJ |
JAS |
SON |
NDJ |
JFM18 |
Three months ago:
0.51 |
0.39 |
0.1 |
-0.2 |
-0.21 |
-0.16 |
-0.19 |
-0.19 |
-0.17 |
-0.12 |
-0.03 |
0 |
-0.01 |
-0.01 |
0 |
0.16 |
0.32 |
0.41 |
0.38 |
0.35 |
0.3 |
MJJ16 |
JAS |
SON |
NDJ |
JFM17 |
MAM |
MJJ |
JAS |
SON17 |
NDJ |
Four months ago
1.11 |
0.94 |
0.49 |
-0.18 |
-0.34 |
-0.39 |
-0.38 |
-0.42 |
-0.43 |
-0.38 |
-0.3 |
-0.17 |
-0.08 |
-0.07 |
-0.06 |
-0.07 |
0.04 |
0.15 |
0.19 |
0.13 |
0.14 |
MAM16 |
MJJ |
JAS |
SON16 |
NDJ |
JFM17 |
MAM |
MJJ |
JAS17 |
SON |
NDJ |
Five months ago:
1.67 |
1.49 |
0.97 |
0.21 |
-0.18 |
-0.37 |
-0.47 |
-0.51 |
-0.58 |
-0.58 |
-0.51 |
-0.41 |
-0.29 |
-0.27 |
-0.19 |
-0.17 |
-0.19 |
-0.11 |
-0.07 |
-0.06 |
-0.12 |
MAM16 |
MJJ |
JAS |
SON16 |
NDJ |
JFM17 |
MAM |
MJJ |
JAS |
SON |
Anomalies relative to 1981-2010 climo.