Monday, November 30, 2009

Preliminary November 2009 SST Anomalies (OI.v2)

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Keep in mind that the following discussion is based on preliminary monthly OI.v2 Global and NINO3.4 SST anomaly data. The weekly data, though, is official. The official monthly values will be posted by NOAA on December 6, 2009, so check back in a week.

NINO3.4 SST anomalies rose 0.63 deg C during November 2009 to 1.67 deg C.

http://i50.tinypic.com/33w12qo.png
Monthly NINO3.4 SST Anomalies
But Global SST anomalies dropped 0.01 deg C. Hmmm?!
http://i49.tinypic.com/2cco32w.png
Monthly Global SST Anomalies
The values are consistent with the weekly NINO3.4 and Global SST anomalies.
http://i45.tinypic.com/11kgr9z.png
Weekly NINO3.4 SST Anomalies
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http://i46.tinypic.com/sltob4.png
Weekly Global SST Anomalies

SOURCE
OI.v2 SST and SST anomaly data and maps are available through the NOAA NOMADS webpage:
http://nomad3.ncep.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/pdisp_sst.sh?lite=