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equatorial areas east 

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of 12Cit./ and continued to spread for the 



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south of 



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warm 



I ENPx 



North 

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sout h 

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 e than 

 easing 



Except for small isolated 



patches^ the ETP was significantly 

 cooler than normals reaching -3.3C 

 Guatemala and at 7N* 93w . Temperatures over the tuna 



15N, 95W off 

 fishing 



Off Ecuador the equatorial ocean front began to weaken toward the 



end of the month. Sliohtly positive SST anomalies occurred off 



the Gulf of Guayaquil. Tuna fishing -jas exceptionally good in 

 this a re a . 



£§bruar^ - Seasonal cooling of the ENP occurred at a near normal 

 rate/ with temperatures Dropping up to 1C from January values^ 

 except off California and Baja California where SST's rose 



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