December 1999-February 2000

Summary: Pacific Cold Episode (La Niña) Continues

Table of Atmospheric Indices

Table of Sea Surface Temperature Indices

Oceanic Conditions

• Sea Surface Temperature and Anomaly

• Subsurface Temperatures and Anomalies

Tropical Pacific Convection and Rainfall

• Tropical Outgoing Longwave Radiation (OLR)

Atmospheric Circulation: Tropics and Subtropics

• Sea-Level Pressure and Anomalies

• 850-hPa Wind and Anomaly

• 200-hPa Wind and Anomaly

• 200-hPa Height and Anomaly

• 200-hPa Stream Function and Anomaly

• 200-hPa Velocity Potential and Anomaly

Height-Longitude Section of Humidity and Vertical Circulation

500-hPa Heights and Anomalies

Additional Analyses

• Animation of 200-hPa Heights and Anomalies

• Surface Temperature Anomalies/Percentiles

• Precipitation Anomalies/Percentiles

Southern Africa and Australia Rainy Season

Multi-Panel Maps of Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Winds and Sea-Level Pressure