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La Niña update and early fall/winter outlook
By Brian BledsoeAug 25, 2022
La Niña is still alive and well. The sea surface temperature anomaly animation for the past 90 days not only shows La Niña being maintained, but it is actually getting a bit stronger. While the North Pacific has warmed from late this spring, the central/equatorial Pacific has remained quite cool. The animation below shows what is happening beneath the surface across the equatorial Pacific: Simply put, the graphic shows ocean depth down to 450 meters across the equatorial Pacific Ocean. Those