North Pacific Mode, is what’s causing the Pacific’s warm blob as well.
Is global climate change playing a role in the rise of the North Pacific Mode? Neither Bond nor Hartmann is willing to say. “I don’t think we know the answer,” Hartmann said. “Maybe it will go away quickly and we won’t talk about it anymore, but if it persists for a third year, then we’ll know something really unusual is going on.”
via What’s Causing Weird Weather? Blame a ‘Warm Blob’ of Water – NBC News.com.