COSPPac Montlhy Bulletin, September 2023
SPREP Publications, Climate Science and Information
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Oceanic indicators firmly exhibit an El Niño state. Central and eastern Pacific sea surface temperatures (SSTs) con-tinue to exceed El Niño thresholds. Models indicate further warming of the central to eastern Pacific is likely. During September, the trade winds were generally weak across the rest of the equatorial Pacific with some westerlies occurring in the western Pacific.