Tropical Current Weather
Each week in Tropical Hour, we invite ad-hoc, five-minute presentations of current weather events affecting the tropics. Common topics are the Indian and East Asian monsoons, the Madden–Julian Oscillation, the El Nino–Southern Oscillation, and hurricanes and typhoons. No prior arrangement is required for these presentations, so if you see something you would like to talk about then please bring it along to the next meeting!
Below you will find links to other pages with information on tropical current weather, as well as past current-weather presentations from Tropical Hour. If you have any additional links that you would like to see here, then please send them to Nick.
Current Weather Links
General information
PSD Map Room (NOAA ESRL)Operational Significant Event Imagery (NOAA)
ECMWF seasonal forecasts
Bureau of Meteorology Weekly Tropical Climate Notes
The Indian monsoon
Indian Meteorological DepartmentMonsoon On Line (MOL)
The Madden–Julian Oscillation
Coherent OLR modes (PSD Map Room)MJO analysis and forecasts (CPC), including the Wheeler and Hendon phase diagrams.
CPC experimental MJO forecasts
El Nino and La Nina
Latest TAO/Triton buoy dataMulti-model Nino 3 forecasts from IRI
Nino 3 forecast plumes from ECMWF
Nino 3 forecast plumes from POAMA (Australian Bureau)
Hurricanes and typhoons
U.S. National Hurricane Center - Atlantic and East Pacific onlyJoint Typhoon Warning Center (U.S. Navy)
Tropical Cyclone heat potential