Weather-climate update
The satellite picture (below) is from the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) on 24 January 2007 @ 8 am MST (1500 UTC). Tropical convective forcing continues to slowly increase ~120E while weakening over the South Pacific. We are already seeing a response of the East Asian storm track that will allow for the western North American ridge to retrograde over the next week or so.
Ed Berry and Klaus Weickmann