MJO Releases Tropical Rains Southeast Asia/Indonesia While Favoring Drier South America Climate
Highlight: MJO position shuts down North Atlantic tropics remainder of July. Fig. 1: NCEP 14-day MJO forecast indicates phase_4/phase_5 transition across Indonesia. Fig. 2: The vertical motion forecast associated with the MJO for the remainder of July indicates support for convective rains in the Indian Ocean across Indonesia while the eastern tropical Pacific/tropical North Atlantic…