The November AMO index goes negative, first time since 1996

Posted on December 9, 2011 by

Russ Steele

At Watts Up With That,  Anthony Watts has a report from Joe D’Aleo who reports via email that the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation AMO Index has gone negative for this past month, see the graph below:

Source:http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/correlation/amon.us.data

This is the first time the November value has been negative since about 1996. It appears the down cycle has started. This portends a cooler period, especially winters.

You can read the rest here:  The November AMO index goes negative, first time since 1996 | Watts Up With That?.

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About Russ Steele

Freelance writer and climate change blogger. Russ spent twenty years in the Air Force as a navigator specializing in electronics warfare and digital systems. After his service he was employed for sixteen years as concept developer for TRW, an aerospace and automotive company, and then was CEO of a non-profit Internet provider for 18 months. Russ's articles have appeared in Comstock's Business, Capitol Journal, Trailer Life, Monitoring Times, and Idaho Magazine.
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One Response to The November AMO index goes negative, first time since 1996

  1. Greg Goodknight says:
    December 13, 2011 at 12:12 am

    The November UAH temp data is delayed but the RSS satellite dataset is available…

    The current anomaly is 0.033 degrees. Not much warming out there, eh?

    Reply

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