Bob Blog 20 March

Bob McDavitt's ideas for sailing around the South Pacific.
Disclaimer: Weather is a mix of pattern and chaos; these ideas are from the
patterned world.
Compiled Sunday 20 March 2022

LA NINA is lingering:
A few months ago it seemed that this current La Nina episode was about to
fade.
However, trade winds have increased in the western Pacific over the past few
weeks and this is shown as a rise in the Southern Oscillation Index (SOI)

Even so, this La Nina is over its peak and a return to neutral El
Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) levels—neither La Niña nor El Niño—is still
expected over the next few months.

TROPICS
The SPCZ stretches from PNG to Vanuatu to Fiji/Tonga to Southern Cooks.
Low1 in Tasman Sea is expected to travel slowly northeast across the North
Island and then turn to the southsoutheast, between H1 and H2. Avoid.
High H1 to east of NZ is expected to travel east along 45 to 40 South,
followed by H2 from the Aussie Bight. These highs offer opportunities for
trans-Tasman travel.
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