World temperatures take a big leap up

Wow, while I'm away in the Seychelles we got a big boost up without an El Nino.

This is the perfect trap to suck in the warmies to using real charts instead of their made-up stuff.  All their charts stop at the top of the 2016 peak.

I was alerted to this by a big diversion from the normal ice build-up.

That's quite a jag off the track.  I have the benefit of closing the cottage in relative warmth.  I'd like to see the forcing function for this, but there might have been a big surge of warm water.

ps.  I'm back home and looking, but there is no obvious cause for this.  I'll just enjoy it while I can.