Pacific Storm & Surf Forecast (Stormsurf)

Buoy 238 (Barbers Pt)/Buoy 239 (Lani): Seas were 2.5 ft @ 15.4 secs with swell 1.0 ft @ 15.6 secs from 207 degrees. Water temp 79.3 degs (Barbers Pt), 77.9 (Pearl Harbor 233), 78.6 (Lani 239).
Buoy 106 (Waimea): This buoy is down. Using Buoy 202 (Hanalei): Seas were 4.2 ft @ 9.9 secs with swell 2.2 ft @ 10.0 secs from 297 degrees. Water temp 77.7 degs
Buoy 46025 (Catalina RDG): Seas were 2.2 ft @ 12.0 secs with swell 0.9 ft @ 12.7 secs from 172 degrees. Wind north at 8-10 kts. Water temperature 62.8 degs, 62.2 (Topanga 103), 60.6 degs (Long Beach 215), 63.7 (Oceanside Offshore 045), 62.6 (Del Mar 153), 62.4 (Torrey Pines Outer 100). At Harvest Buoy (071) primary swell was 2.5 ft @ 13.5 secs from 278 degrees. At E. Santa Barbara (46053) swell was 0.9 ft @ 13.7 secs from 167 degrees. At Santa Monica (028) swell was 1.0 ft @ 14.4 secs from 201 degrees. At Oceanside (045) swell was 1.3 ft @ 12.3 secs from 200 degrees. Southward at Pt Loma (191) swell was 1.8 ft @ 13.3 secs from 213 degrees. Water temperature was 64.2 degrees.
Buoy 46012 (Half Moon Bay) Out of Service /029 (Pt Reyes): Seas were 8.1 ft @ 12.5 secs with local northwest windswell 4.0 ft @ 12.8 secs from 283 degrees. Wind northwest at 4-10 kts (46026). Water temp 53.6 (Bodega Bay 46013), 53.1 degs (Pt Reyes 029), 56.1 (San Francisco 46026), 57.0 (SF Bar 142), 57.0 (Pt Santa Cruz 254) and 56.7 (Monterey Bay 46042).

PACIFIC OVERVIEW
Current Conditions
On Sunday (6/11) North and Central CA had sets at waist high and a bit broken up and warbled and mushed with south winds creating warble. Protected breaks were waist high or so and somewhat lined up and fairly clean but soft. At Santa Cruz surf was up to waist high and short and soft but clean. In Southern California/Ventura waves were waist high and somewhat lined up and slightly warbled from northwest wind. Central Orange County had sets at waist high and somewhat lined up coming from the south and textured from south wind. South Orange County's best summertime breaks had sets at near chest high on the peak and lined up with decent form and clean but with a little texture on top. North San Diego had sets at thigh high and weakly lined up and soft but clean. Hawaii's North Shore was flat and clean. The South Shore had some knee to thigh high sets and soft and textured from trades. The East Shore was knee high and chopped from moderate east trades.

See QuikCASTs for the 5 day surf overview or read below for the detailed view.

Meteorological Overview
On Sunday (6/11) California was getting some faint leftovers of swell from the the 7th in a series of gales in the far Southeast Pacific that developed on Sun-Mon (5/29) producing 27-30 ft seas aimed northeast and then pulsed again while holding stationary on the eastern edge of the CA swell window Tues-Wed (5/31) producing 26-27 ft seas aimed north. But this swell is fading fast. After that a gale started developing again in the Southeast Pacific tracking northeast Sun-Tues (6/13) expected to produce 26-28 ft seas aimed northeast offering just a little hope. But after that nothing else to follow. Up north the remnants of Typhoon Guchol were recurving northeast Sat-Sun (6/11) off Taiwan and are to fade before making it to the dateline, then possibly redevelop weakly on the dateline Fri (6/16) possibly generating 22 ft seas aimed southeast at Hawaii. Will believe it when it happens. But, the fact that now 2 systems (Mawar was the 1st) have recuved northeast (in June no less) is impressive and suggests El Nino is already starting to have some influence over the far West Pacific. This is a good sign. The atmosphere is starting to transition.

SHORT- TERM FORECAST
Current marine weather and wave analysis plus forecast conditions for the next 72 hours

Overview
Surface Analysis
On Sunday (6/11) no meaningful swell of interest was hitting Hawaii or California generated from the Northern Hemisphere.

Over the next 72 hours no swell producing weather systems of interest are forecast.

Tropical Update
Typhoon Guchol was 6000 nmiles east of Taiwan on Sun AM (6/11) with winds 85 kts tracking north-northeast. A more firm turn to the northeast is forecast over the next 48 hours with winds fading to 45 kts while Guchol accelerates off to the northeast. Longer range models suggest Guchol is to fade out and nearly dissipate early Wed (6/14) tracking east off Japan offering no meaningful swell production potential. But on Fri AM (6/16) the GFS model suggests it's remnants are to rebuild on the dateline producing northwest winds at 40-45 kts and seas building to 22 ft at 40.5N 176.75E, then dissipating in the evening. That said, if the model is correct, tiny swell could arrive in Kauai maybe on Mon (6/19) with luck. But the odds of any of this occurring are very low at this early date. Regardless, the real story is that Guchol is the second in a series of West Pacific tropical systems that have recurved to the northeast. This suggests El Nino is gaining influence in the atmosphere in the West Pacific. And what's more interesting is that all this is occurring in June (very early). Normally one would not see this until August and that only in a very strong El Nino scenario.

Mon AM (6/12) a pressure gradient is to start fading with northwest winds 20-25 kts mainly off Cape Mendocino and an eddy flow (south winds) south of Pt Reyes. In the afternoon northwest winds fade at 15-20 kts limited to just Cape Mendocino with the eddy flow in control south of Pt Reyes. Windswell fading.
Tues AM (6/13) northwest winds hold at 15-20 kts mainly just off the coast of Cape Mendocino with and eddy flow (south winds) from just south of Pt Arena southward. In the afternoon the gradient rebuilds some with northwest winds 20-25 kts along Cape Mendocino with an eddy flow along the rest of the CA coast. Windswell building slightly.
Wed AM (6/14) northwest winds build to 25-30 kts for Cape Mendocino with a weak eddy flow nearshore early. No change in the afternoon. Windswell building slightly.
Thurs AM (6/15) northwest winds to hold at 25-30 kts for Cape Mendocino with a light eddy flow from the rest of California. In the afternoon northwest winds fade some over Cape Mendocino at 20-25 kts with the eddy flow holding south of there. Windswell fading.
Fri AM (6/16) northwest winds at to be 20 kts for Cape Mendocino over a small area and an eddy flow for the rest of the CA coast. In the afternoon northwest winds to fade in coverage at 15-20 kts limited to Cape Mendocino with the eddy flow holding south of there. Windswell production fading not near nothing.
Sat AM (6/17) northwest winds start building over all of North CA at 20 kts with a light northwest flow over Central CA. In the afternoon northwest winds to start building at 25-30 kts forming a pressure gradient over all of North CA with northwest winds 15 kts for Central CA. Northwest windswell building.
Sun AM (6/18) the gradient builds at 30-35 kts with northwest winds 15-20 kts for Central CA. Windswell building.

Total snow accumulation for the next 10 days respectively for Squaw Valley, Sugar Bowl, Kirkwood and Mammoth are projected at 0, 0, 0, and 0.8 inches.

Freezing level is 10,5000 ft today and is to build to 12,500 ft on 6/13 holding through 6/17, then falling to 9,000 ft on 6/18 before building again to 12,000 ft on 6/20. Steady snow melt to continue at elevation.

Tioga Pass/Pacific Crest Trail intersection forecast: Temps - Freeze Level
More locations here (scroll down to 'Resort Snow Forecasts>Central CA or North CA Caltrans & Backcountry')

Overview
Jetstream
On Sunday (6/11) the jetstream was split over the Southwest Pacific with the southern branch ridging south down into Antarctica under New Zealand offering no support for gale development. But a trough was developing pushing northeast over the Central South Pacific being fed by 120 kts winds offering some support for gale development. Over the next 72 hours that trough is to continue tracking northeast reaching the Southeast Pacific on Mon (6/12) with its apex up at 54S but weak and likely loosing support for gale development while pushing east out of the California swell window. Beyond 72 hours the southern branch of the jet is to be very weak and almost not present offering no support for gale development while a wind energy starts becoming focused in the northern branch running due east on the 27S latitude line reaching the east edge of the Southern Ca swell window on Fri (6/16) but offering no support for gale development. This will do nothing for gale production, but looks to perhaps be related to the development of El Nino. And then on Sat-Sun (6/18) the southern branch is to wake up some producing a trough over the South Central Pacific lifting decently north with winds 120-130 kts perhaps offering some support for gale development while tracking east. Will monitor this situation.

Surface Analysis
No meaningful swell of interest was hitting California or Hawaii today.

Over the next 72 hours a gale was developing over the Southeast Pacific (again) on Sun AM (6/11) producing a broad fetch of southeast winds at 35 kts with seas building from 23 ft at 54S 143W aimed northeast. In the evening winds to be 40-45 kts over a small area lifting northeast with seas 25 ft at 54S 127.75W aimed northeast. On Mon AM (6/12) fetch is to be tracking east with southwest wind 40 kts and seas 26-28 ft at 55S 120.25W aimed northeast. In the evening the gale is to be tracking east with southeast winds 35 kts on the eastern edge of the CA swell window and seas 27 ft at 49S 120W aimed northeast. The gale is to push east and fade from there. Something to monitor.

LONG-TERM FORECAST
Marine weather and forecast conditions 3-10 days into the future

Beyond 72 hours a gale is to develop over the South Central Pacific on Sun (6/18) producing 28-30 ft seas aimed northeast at 42S 139.5W. It's still a long ways from actually forming.

El Nino Building at the Oceans Surface and Trying to Couple with the Atmosphere
Kelvin Wave #4 Poised to Erupt - Kelvin Wave #5 Developing in the West - Active MJO #6 Done Likely Producing Another Kelvin Wave
NINO3.4 In El Nino Territory and Rising While Expanding Fast
1 Kelvin Wave traversed the Pacific in Dec '22 with a 2nd in Jan-Feb and a 3rd and 4th in March-April and a 5th developing now. And Westerly Winds are fully established filling the KWGA. Sea Surface Temperatures continue warming. The last link in the chain is to see the SOI falling deep into negative territory which it appears it is doing. The atmosphere is starting to become coupled with the ocean. The outlook is optimistic.

MJO/ENSO Discussion
The Madden Julian Oscillation (MJO) is a periodic weather cycle that tracks east along the equator circumnavigating the globe. It is characterized in it's Inactive Phase by enhanced trade winds and dry weather over the part of the equator it is in control of, and in it's Active Phase by slackening if not an outright reversing trade winds while enhancing precipitation. The oscillation occurs in roughly 20-30 day cycles (Inactive for 20-30 days, then Active for 20-30 days) over any single location on the planet, though most noticeable in the Pacific. During the Active Phase in the Pacific the MJO tends to support the formation of stronger and longer lasting gales resulting in enhanced potential for the formation of swell producing storms. Prolonged and consecutive Active MJO Phases in the Pacific help support the formation of El Nino. During the Inactive Phase the jet stream tends to split resulting in high pressure and less potential for swell producing storm development. Wind anomalies in the Kelvin Wave Generation Area (KWGA) are key for understanding what Phase the MJO is in over the Pacific. The KWGA is located on the equator from 135E-170W and 5 degs north and south (or on the equator from New Guinea east to the dateline). West wind anomalies in the KWGA suggest the Active Phase of the MJO in the Pacific, and east anomalies suggests the Inactive Phase. In turn the Active Phase strengthens and the Inactive Phase weakens the jetstream, which in turn enhances or dampens storm production respectively in the Pacific.And the El Nino/La Nino cycle (collectively know as ENSO - El Nino Southern Oscillation) is a less frequent (about once every 7 years) but more impactful cycle that affects world wide weather. Specifically, strong El Nino events promote storm production in the Pacific while La Nina events suppress storm production. These therefore have a significant impact on the production of swell and surf. The paragraphs below analyze the state of the MJO and ENSO in the Pacific and provide forecasts for upcoming activity (or inactivity depending on the state and interaction of these two oscillations).

Overview: In 2019 warm equatorial waters were fading, and by August a tongue of cool water was tracking west on the equator from Ecuador over the Galapagos reaching to a point nearly south of Hawaii. A bit of a recovery tried to occur during Fall of 2019, with weak warm water building in the Nino 1.2 region, but cool water held in a pool off Peru. By April 2020 a cool pool was starting to build, forming a well defined cool tongue that evolved into La Nina, with it fully developing through July 2020. That basically continued until late Fall 2022 when trades started fading and by early 2023 multiple Kelvin Waves were in flight with significant warming developing over the East Equatorial Pacific. La Nina was dead on 3/18/2023 with El Nino apparently developing.

Rationale: A 3 year La Nina started fading in Jan 2023 and was gone by April. 3 Active MJO's produced 3 Kelvin Waves with the 3rd in that series poised to start erupting off Ecuador now (May 2023). The CFS model is predicting steady west anomalies from here forward and the leading edge of the low pressure bias on the dateline and forecast to nearly fill the Pacific during June. We are in a state of transition from ENSO neutral to El Nino during the summer of 2023. As a result we will be moving from a period of reduced number of storm days and storm intensity during the early part of Summer towards a period of enhanced storm production starting Late July and beyond, getting fairly intense come Fall. This should result in a slightly below normal level of swells, with swells being below normal duration and period over early Summer. But by late July 2023, the number of storm days, intensity and duration of those storms should start improving as El Nino starts getting a solid footprint on the atmosphere. The net result is we're currently thinking a near normal number of swells with normal size and duration is to result, but all focused sometime after late July 2023. The swell pattern will be normal to somewhat below normal before July and above normal after July 23. And By Sept, the El Nino footprint should be solid. Of course this is all highly speculative at this early and based mostly on the CFS model and it's projection of a building ENSO footprint getting solid by Sept.

KWGA/Equatorial Surface Wind Analysis (KWGA - Kelvin Wave Generation Area - The area 5 degrees north and south of the equator from 170W to 135E)
Analysis (TAO Buoys): As of (6/10) 5 day average winds were moderate from the east over the East equatorial Pacific and moderate east over the Central Pacific and modest to moderate east over the KWGA. Anomalies were light west over the East equatorial Pacific and light west over the Central Pacific and neutral over the KWGA. Westerly anomalies were moderate to strong May 10 thru May 30 in the KWGA likely producing another Kelvin Wave. (Note: These are 5 day average winds, versus realtime, so they lag what is happening today (by about 2.5 days).
2 Week Forecast (GFS Model): (6/11) Weak to modest east anomalies were filling the KWGA. East anomalies are to slow ease east limited to the dateline and points east of there on 6/22 at weak strength. West anomalies are forecast moving into the West KWGA on 6/14 at modest strength and then filling it to the dateline on 6/22 and holding through the end of the model run on 6/27. It looks like a weak Inactive Phase of the MJO is to develop for 2 weeks, but then being overtaken by a new Active Phase.

MJO/WWB/Wind Projections:
OLR Models: (6/10) A neutral MJO to slightly weak Inactive MJO was over the West KWGA today. The statistical model indicates a weak Active MJO is to slowly build over the KWGA filling 50% of it on day 10 of the model run and holding on day 15. The dynamic model indicates a neutral MJO pattern holding the next 15 days.
Phase Diagrams 2 week forecast (CA and GEFS): (6/11) The statistical model depicts the Active signal was very weak over the East Indian Ocean and is to track east to the far West Pacific 15 days out and very weak. The dynamic model indicates the Active Phase is to move to the West Pacific but exceedingly weak over the next 15 days.
40 day Upper Level Model (assumed to be a statistical mode and 1 week ahead of what is occurring at the surface): (6/11) An Active (wet) pattern was over the KWGA with the Inactive (dry air) signal moving over Ecuador. The forecast has the strong Active Phase (wet air) pushing east over the KWGA through 6/21 and then over the East Pacific 6/26 through 7/6 and weakening some before moving into Ecuador. The Inactive Phase (dry air) is to start building weakly over the KWGA on 7/1 and tracking east and over the KWGA through 7/6 then filling the Pacific through the last day of the model run on 7/21.
4 Week CFS Model (850 mb wind): (6/10) Today a mix of weak west and east anomalies were over the KWGA with a weak Inactive Phase of the MJO was over the West KWGA. The forecast indicates the Inactive MJO signal is to fade on 6/13. A mix of east and west anomalies are to hold over the KWGA through 6/25 with one small pocket of east anomalies on the dateline 6/16-6/24. After that west anomalies start building and holding over the dateline 6/25 through the end of the model run on 7/8 with nary a hint of easterly anomalies forecast.
3 Month CFS Model (850 mb wind): (6/11) - using the 5th ensemble member - the mean of the 4 individual members which are all from the 00Z run - 1 run per day):
Today the Inactive Phase of the MJO was building over the KWGA but with weak west anomalies in control. The Inactive Phase is to slowly traverse the KWGA through 7/14 but with west anomalies weakly in control and starting to build somewhat more firmly on 6/25 and beyond. The Inactive Phase is to be gone on 7/15 with the Active Phase building and filling the KWGA and holding through the end of the model run on 9/8. West anomalies are to build to strong status 7/15-7/29, fading to moderate strength the rebuilding to strong status 8/14 through the end of the model run. A strong El Nino is potentially developing. The shift to El Nino started on 2/15. The low pass filter indicates a high pressure bias with 1 contour line centered at 115W with its western perimeter at 127W today and well east of the KWGA and moving east to 125W and tracking slowly east from there and of no real interest at this point. A broad low pressure bias is established over the West KWGA centered at 165E with 2 contour lines and it's leading edge east of the dateline at 150W today (it started pushing east on 2/15). A hard push east is occurring and is to continue into 7/5 with it's leading edge then stalling at 135W filling most of the Pacific with a third contour lined developing on 6/29 with the primarily contours leading edge locked at 130W at the end of the model run with it's center at 170E. This is all a big deal and is being repeated in some form consistently from one run of the model to the next since Oct 2022. It appears a strong El Nino is developing.

Subsurface Waters Temps
TAO Array: (6/11) Today in the far West Pacific the leading edge of the 30 deg isotherm was present and steady at 173E with the 29 degree isotherm easing racing east at 155W (previously 176W). The 28 deg isotherm line was running east to 110W. The 26 degree isotherm has pushed the whole way across the Pacific and getting deeper. Anomaly wise, warm anomalies at +2 deg C were in a river traversing the Pacific with no breaks, A building pocket of +3 degree anomalies was in the west (Kelvin Wave #5) centered at 165W and 3-5 degs anomalies were in the far East Pacific starting at 135W and back building. Amazing. The hi-res GODAS animation posted 6/7 indicates a huge very warm stream of +2-3 degs anomalies extending from the far West Pacific and building while tracking east and then upwards from there over the far East Pacific with +4-5 degs anomalies from Kelvin Wave #3-4 erupting there into Ecuador. A new Kelvin Wave was building on the dateline at +3-4 degs (Kelvin Wave #5) while another pocket of warming waters were in the West Pacific at 120E at +2 degs (Kelvin Wave #6). No cool anomalies were indicated. El Nino is developing. The GODAS animation is 1 week behind the TAO data but also is more detailed and accurately depicted since its satellite based.
Sea Level Anomalies: (6/7) Sea heights were positive across the equatorial Pacific at +5 cms solid with a pocket of +10 cm anomalies in the west near 170E connected to another at +1- cms along the Ecuador coast extending north into Central America and south to Chile. This means no cool water was at depth. Per the Upper Ocean Heat Anomaly Histogram warm water continues building in intensity and coverage at +1.00-2.00 degs over the East Pacific from 127W a point east of there and +1.5 degs in the West at 160E with +0.5 degree anomalies connecting the two. There's been no change since mid March, a steady flow of warm water pushing east.

Surface Water Temps
The more warm water in the equatorial East Pacific means more storm production in the North Pacific during winter months (roughly speaking). Cold water in that area has a dampening effect. Regardless of what the atmospheric models and surface winds suggest, actual water temperatures are a ground-truth indicator of what is occurring in the ocean. All data is from blended infrared and microwave sensors.
Satellite Imagery
Hi-res Nino1.2 & 3.4 Qualitative Analysis: (6/10) The latest images depict a strong warm signal building along the coasts of Peru and Ecuador with lesser but still serious heat extending up Mexico reaching the tip of Baja with a building tongue extending west over the Galapagos continuing along the equator now reaching west to 165W (previously 155W) and a warmer core to 145W. Warm temps continued west from there on the equator across the dateline and beyond. This is a clear and building El Nino signal. And warmer than normal temps were present well off the coasts of Chile and Peru. The classic El Nino triangle was developing. The last remnants of La Nina are gone on the equator but remnants are still evident along the California and Baja coast with cold temps and the normal Springtime upwelling pattern in control there and likely be reinforced over the next week.
Hi-res 7 day Trend (6/10): There was weak warming from Ecuador in a thin line west to 120W. It's not surprising there's no clear signal of warming along Ecuador because temps are already so warm they can't get much warmer. A neutral trend was along the coasts of Chile and Peru. The pattern of adding energy to the warm surface pool is stable. A warming trend had been well entrenched over the East Pacific since Nov 1 with no cooling waters over the equatorial East Pacific since 12/15 except for the time frame from 4/23 to today.
Hi-res Overview: (6/10) Warmer than normal waters are filling the East Pacific off Chile, Peru, Ecuador and north up to Mexico with strong warming in a few pockets along the immediate cost of Peru and Ecuador. And the classic El Nino tongue of more intense warming is building considerably over the equator west to 165W and from there to the dateline and beyond. No cool waters were on the equator anymore. There no sign of La Nina on the oceans surface and everything is now looking like El Nino. The east equatorial Pacific is steadily warming.
Nino1.2 Daily CDAS Index Temps: (6/11) (These temps are biased high by about 0.2 degs compared to official sources). Today's temps are steady at +2.598 but have been up in the +2.0 to +3.0 degs range since 4/1 having previously peaked at +2.891 (4/13). Previously temps reached +2.302 degrees on 4/6, +1.732 degs (3/22), up from +0.462 since 2/28. Temps had reached as high as +1.076 on 2/19 and were previously steady at +0.848 since 2/7. Previously they started steadily rising 11/13 when they were around -1.5 degs C.
Nino 3.4 Daily CDAS Index Temps: (6/11) (These temps are biased high by about 0.2 degs). Today temps are falling some today at +0.825 after rising to +0.975 on 6/9. We are now 14 days into a trend of being above the El Nino threshold (for the 2nd time). Temps reached the El Nino threshold for the first time on 5/17 at +0.507 then quickly fell over the next 10 days down to +0.378 (5/26). Previous peaks of +0.318 on 4/30 besting the previous peak at +0.199 on 4/21. Temps have been steadily increasing hitting 0.0 on 4/12 and were then more or less steady the previous 4 weeks. Temps previously rose to -0.402 on 2/23. Temps rose above the La Nina threshold (-0.5 degs) on 2/22 and had been rising slowly since 2/12 when they were about -1.0 degs C. They had been in the -1.0 deg range since at least Nov 2022.

CFSV2 Forecast for Nino3.4 Sea Surface Temp (SST) Anomalies & Current SST Anomalies

SST Anomaly Projections
CFSv2 Data (Nino3.4 Region)
Previous - Temps rose in early Nov 2020 after bottoming out at -1.25 degs, up to -0.01 degs in mid-June 2021 then fading to -1.05 degs in mid-Nov then rebuilding to -0.7 in mid Feb 2022 then fading to -1.1 degs in May before starting an upward climb peaking in mid-June at -0.65 degs and mid July at -0.55 degs. A steady decline set in after that falling to -1.00 degs in Aug and Sept rising to -0.8 degs mid Oct then falling to -1.0 in Nov but then slowly rising to -0.75 degs in Jan 2023 and up to -0.5 degs (above the La Nina threshold) on 2/12. Temps were +0.45 degs today.
Forecast (6/11) - Temps are above ENSO neutral at +0.7 degs and are forecast rising to +1.25 degs in July and +1.90 degs in Nov and solidly into El Nino territory. The PDF Corrected forecast suggests temps are forecast rising to +0.95 degs in July and +1.60 degs in Nov/Dec. According to this version of the model we are building into El Nino through the Summer. But max temps are down from previous runs.
IRI Consensus Plume: The May 19, 2023 Plume depicts temps are +0.761 degs today and it's the third month above the La Nina threshold. Temps to rise steadily from here forward to +1.153 in July and up to +1.269 degrees in Aug/Sept then fading from there. The dynamic model suggest temps peaking at +1.672 in Oct. The CFS model is on the upper range of all models. This model suggests were are transitioning to El Nino.
See chart here - link.

Atmospheric Coupling (Indicating the presence of El Nino in the atmosphere driven by the ocean):
Southern Oscillation Index (SOI) (negative is good, positive bad - all but the Daily Index was a lagging indicator):
Today (6/11) the Daily Index was positive at +10.54 but had been negative for 27 days ending 6/6 with a peak down to -29.32 on 5/31, -64.63 on 5/24 and -31.31 on 5/12. Previously readings were toggling between +10 and -10 for 13 days, but negative the 15 days previous to that, positive the 6 days prior to that after being mostly negative 25 days before that. It fell to -19.40 on 4/2. -17.44 on 2/22, the beginning of a change from which no return seemed likely. It was up to +21.85 on 2/10 and +55.74 on 12/22 and were in the +20 range the previous 22 days.
The 30 day average was rising from -15.17 and the most negative in years. It previously had been falling to -4.13 on 4/4 (lagging indicator driven by the Active Phase of the MJO) after falling to -0.52 on 3/22 previously falling to +4.18 on 11/27 and peaking at +21.57 (10/16) after supposedly peaking at +19.66 on 9/28. It was down to +6.89 on 7/29. It peaked at +20.34 (5/12) the highest in a year and beating last years high of +19.51 (1/14).
The 90 day average was rising at -6.80 and turned negative the first time in years on 5/12. A recent max low was -7.57 on 6/6. It previously peaked at +14.63 on 2/20, +15.61 on 10/25 and +12.92 on 8/11 and that after peaking at +18.40 (7/2) beating it's previous peak of +16.86 (5/31), the highest in a year. It previously peaked at +9.80 (9/21) after falling to it's lowest point in a year at +1.06 (6/9). The 90 day average peaked at +15.75 (2/23/21 - clearly indicative of La Nina then). This index is a lagging indicator but suggests that the Active Phase occurring now is starting to drive the index down, hopefully with no upward trend in sight for at least a year.

Pacific Decadal Oscillation
The PDO theoretically turned from a 16 year negative run (Jan 98-Feb 2014) in early 2014 and was positive till Dec 2019, but has been negative ever since, driven by recent La Nina conditions. In May-July 2021 it was the most negative its been in the -1.80 to -2.04 range since Sept 2012 (-2.99) and then fell to -3.16 in Oct 2021 (the lowest since July 1933) then settled at -2.72 in Nov and Dec 2021. Looking at the long term record, it seems likely we are still in the Cool Phase of the PDO (La Nina 'like') with no signs of moving to the positive/warm phase (El Nino 'like').

Local Interest
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