Wind direction is coming out of the NE @ 3 - 5knot but predicted to swing more to the E — SE by mid morning and increase to
Trade wind strength by early afternoon.
But it was just before midday that the wind did the switcheroo and swung back to the ESE and kicked
into Trade wind strength and good ole off shore wind here on Bali's West side.
Reworded, the reduction in
trade wind strength due to the El Niño causes less evaporation, and since there is less evaporation, tropical North Atlantic sea surface temperatures rise.
Wind direction was pretty well straight East early before shifting more to the SE and building to
Trade wind strength by 10.00 AM.
Linsley said the new results were «exciting,» suggesting that the «poorly understood, rapid rise» in surface temperature from 1910 to 1940 was, in part, «related to changes
in trade wind strength and heat release from the upper water column» of the Pacific Ocean.
Is there a correlation between
the trade wind strength and the amount of cloud cover in the Nino area?
On p. 222, the arrow for
the trade wind strength should be inverted (a colder North Atlantic is associated with increased trade winds near the equator).
But the heat uptake is by no means permanent: when
the trade wind strength returns to normal --- as it inevitably will --- our research suggests heat will quickly accumulate in the atmosphere.