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The nino of 2012 - 13 seems to have been aborted by cold upwelling off SA not associated with the trade winds which were active in general accordance with current PDO phase but further west in the central Pacific.

Specifically it's a symptom of faster trade winds which evaporate more water and cool the ocean more.

This results in a slackening of the trade winds which «biases» the ENSO climate system towards an El Nino condition.

One of the prime suspects for this has been an increase in trade winds which help to mix heat into the subsurface ocean - part of a natural oscillation known as the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation (IPO).

The strong north easterly trade winds which affect the island usually ensure clouds never hang around for long, but July 2011 was an exception.

As the rooms and suites face the sea, they are naturally cooled and well ventilated by trade winds which temper the tropical sun.

Not exact matches

Andrés Martinez is editorial director of Zocalo Public Square, for which he writes the Trade Winds column.

Some 900 feet above the ocean, it is constantly cooled by the trade winds, which brought squalls that kept us jumping back into the cars.

As time wound down, the teams traded a series of fumbles and interceptions, one of which led to a Duke safety that pushed the score to 20 — 16.

Trade and industry minister Lord Truscott makes the case for nuclear power as just one part of an overall strategy, which includes greater energy efficiency and more use of renewables such as wind, wave and solar power.

Johnson has been shortlisted for The Long and Winding Road, the third volume of his multi-award winning autobiography which covers his early political skirmishes as a trade union leader.

This trade wind strengthening, which occurs during a the negative phase of a phenomenon called the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation (also known as the Pacific Decadal Oscillation), pushes warm water westward and and changes Pacific Ocean circulation.

«America is quickly falling behind in clean energy, trading Middle Eastern oil for cheap Chinese solar, batteries and wind turbines,» says Chris Rivest, co-founder of Berkeley, Calif. — based SunPrint, which is developing technology to print cadmium telluride thin - film photovoltaic cells.

The waters inside the lagoon are sheltered by a ring of land from the trade winds, which blow from the east.

The group also found evidence that trade winds were stronger and surface temperatures were cooler from 1940 to 1970, providing additional evidence of the relationship between the Pacific trade winds and the rates at which global temperatures have been changing.

Juno's observations also show that at Jupiter's equator, the planet has a narrow, ammonia - rich plume, which resembles a bigger version of the air currents rising from Earth's equator to generate the trade winds.

Over the Atlantic basin, the amplified trough is associated with stronger upper - level westerly winds and stronger lower - level easterly trade winds, both of which increase the vertical wind shear and suppress hurricane activity.

The west side of Maui is protected from the trade winds thanks to Kahalewai (West Maui Mountains), which allows us to..

The west side of Maui is protected from the trade winds thanks to Kahalewai (West Maui Mountains), which allows us to dive up till early afternoon on windy days

Although the unit does not face Bali Hai (which is just a stroll around the corner), this unit has a fantastic view of a beautiful cove, and gets wonderful trade winds throughout the day.

Snorkeling on board Big Mama, is visibility and sea condition dependant, as the best bays to snorkel around Magnetic Island are exposed to our strong south easterly trade winds approximately April to September, but we still have many beautiful days too which allows us to show you the BEST fringing reef & marine life on the island!

Aruba is a small island — just 19.6 miles long — and boasts ideal temperatures year round, thanks to the constant trade winds (which helps with the humidity and limits the annoyance of mosquitoes).

Kayaking excursions take place all along St. Lucia's western coast, which is sheltered from trade winds and easterly Atlantic swells.

You won't find beaches lined with palm trees in Aruba; rather, look for the hardy but stooped Divi, which always bow southwest in acknowledgement of the trade winds that blow across Aruba from the west.

The Lae Nani condos are cooled by the on - shore trade winds, which keep the units naturally comfortable.

All diving takes place in a trio of marine reserves located along the island's western shore, which is sheltered from prevailing trade winds and swell.

The SE Trade winds blow cross-offshore at most times during the winter, which produces super barrels.

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The reason the dry season is so much cooler than the wet season is that the northeast trade winds are strongest at this time of year, blowing cooling breezes along the coast which help keep the temperature down.

Our waves are generated by the Trade Winds, which blow all season long and is different than many surf destinations that rely on a «storm season» from either the Northern or Southern Hemisphere.

From an archaeological perspective, Tulum is significant because of its status as a hub of trade and commerce in the Riviera Maya dating back to 1200 A.D. Structures of note include the often - photographed El Castillo, which is magnificently perched on a seaside cliff, the Temple of the Wind, whose rounded corners allowed the wind to flow freely around it as a sort of tribute to that god, and the Temple of the Frescoes, which shows different scenes of gods including Chaac, the ever - powerful rain Wind, whose rounded corners allowed the wind to flow freely around it as a sort of tribute to that god, and the Temple of the Frescoes, which shows different scenes of gods including Chaac, the ever - powerful rain wind to flow freely around it as a sort of tribute to that god, and the Temple of the Frescoes, which shows different scenes of gods including Chaac, the ever - powerful rain god.

Our trade winds are from the North East, which makes this dive area very weather dependent.

Average annual precipitation is around 2,300 mm (90 inches) and the SE trade winds prevail from May to October, which moderate conditions.

The hottest months are September and October, but the constant easterly trade winds offset the heat at this time of year which can rise to 95F and keep things reasonably cool.

On a chartered boat and sometimes patrol boats, Rabinowitz winds deeper and deeper into the struggles of tigers, which are hemmed in ever more in India and Bangladesh by expanding populations and deforestation and imperiled by the rising Asian trade in tiger parts.

At the same time, the accelerated trade winds have increased equatorial upwelling in the central and eastern Pacific, lowering sea surface temperature there, which drives further cooling in other regions.

In particular, the trade winds over the Pacific reached record - breaking strength recently, which helps stir heat into the oceans.

But offshore wind power is so expensive that it will receive at least three times the traded cost of regular electricity in subsidies — more than even solar power, which was never at an advantage in the U.K.. For minimal CO2 reduction, the U.K. economy will pay dearly.

(The line at which northern trades (NE direction) and southern trade winds (from the SE roughly) converge.

While horizontal winds may not often pass through the vertical curtains, the curtains themselves create the important «trade winds» and «westerlies» on which sailors and weather forecasters rely.

Despite the result of the US presidential election and related uncertainties about trade and hemispheric cooperation, a number of economic realities are likely to favor a free trade agenda — at least for energy commodities and related investments, which are likely to be resistant to political winds.

That of southern Brazil, northern Argentina and Paraguay, in particular, depends for rainfall on the moist Atlantic trade winds, which cross the Amazon basin and then are deflected southwards by the Andes.

El Niño - Pacific Ocean trade winds slow and almost stop which brings warmer conditions and weak upwelling currents to the eastern Pacific which hurts fishing in Peru

In Australia, because of shifting trade winds bringing warm, wet air to the eastern border, East Australia tends to experience wet, tropical weather, while West Australia, which is usually wet, may experience a severe drought.

Pacific trade winds, for instance, which have been unusually strong for the past two decades thanks to a 20 - to 30 - year cycle called the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation, have been pumping atmospheric heat down into the western Pacific.

[TD] La Nina: Trade winds push warm surface water to the west, which causes deeper, colder water to rise to replace it.

Today rumors picked up speed that parties to the spending bill negotiations have reached some sort of deal, pursuant to which a relaxation of restrictions on oil exports would be traded for an extension of the wind energy industry's primary subsidy, known as the production tax credit («PTC»).

When there is a relaxation of trade winds, the warm water in the West Pacific Warm Pool sloshes to the east and speads across the surface and there's an El Nino event, which is the discharge mode.

«The authors write that «the El Niño - Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a naturally occurring fluctuation,» whereby «on a timescale of two to seven years, the eastern equatorial Pacific climate varies between anomalously cold (La Niña) and warm (El Niño) conditions,» and that «these swings in temperature are accompanied by changes in the structure of the subsurface ocean, variability in the strength of the equatorial easterly trade winds, shifts in the position of atmospheric convection, and global teleconnection patterns associated with these changes that lead to variations in rainfall and weather patterns in many parts of the world,» which end up affecting «ecosystems, agriculture, freshwater supplies, hurricanes and other severe weather events worldwide.»»

Much of it is forced down and it flows back to the east at 200 metres depth and when the warm water surfaces at the Galapogos Islands in 9 months (replaceing the water which is flowing east - west at the surface), it starts to slow down the Trade Winds because of the convection effect.