Three missing links from NPR, NASA and Space.Com:
Tonga's volcano sent tons of water into the stratosphere. That could warm the Earth
Tonga Eruption Blasted Unprecedented Amount of Water Into Stratosphere
50 million tons of water vapor from Tonga's eruption could warm Earth for years
>>Now for the reason why it’s so hot.
I assume then the only proper response is that man-made climate change is what caused those volcanos to erupt - therefore, it is humans fault after all </sarc>
“You will feel all right, Like the Queen of Tonga.”
Al Stewart from “Kiribati”
Really good song! lol
They say every summer is the hottest on record. It’s just nonsense, man made climate change.
11-12 year solar cycles drive Pacific Ocean circulation. They come in pairs, with even-numbered cycles being equatorial and odd-numbered cycles being polar. El Niños happen near the peaks of odd-numbered cycles.
El Niños happen when the two Pacific oceans stop turning outwardly, and compress to center circulation. The western hot water migrates back to the eastern equatorial Pacific.
We are nearing the peak of solar cycle 25 where we should see an El Niño. However, solar cycle 24 was so weak that the weakened pacific circulation allowed an El Niño to occur two years early.
The North Pacific circulation (PDO) slings kinks into our northern atmospheric jet stream, and causes North America’s cold fronts and monsoon rains. The current western drought is happening because of weakened North Pacific circulation, and ultimately because of weak solar output.