State of the Oceans -- Pacific reverse current decays in tune with Spotty

 

The return current is still staying north of the equator, but must decay as things get colder. We'll expect the 'off axis' action to move to the south.  The current is really ratty to the east.  

You can see that a 'full return' is still giving us heat to the west.  The concept of El Nino is way more complex than the media tells us.