The weak el nino freshold status has not changed in the past few weeks and the anomaly grafic shows it clearly.The yellow color at the 180 longitud line (Dateline) is at el nino 4 region and is the warmest of all the equatirial pacific (+1.5C)as el nino 1,2 and 3 are less warm(Between 0.0 to +1.0C).We will be watching the changes that will occur with ENSO in the next 2-4 months prior to the start of the 2005 season to see if it will have a big effect or not and beimportant when the forecasts for the season come.
