Potential predictors

Subgroup

Unit of measure

SST ENOS 3.4

SST Areas

˚K

SST Gulf of Mexico

˚K

SST Caribbean Sea

˚K

SST Tropical Atlantic

˚K

Temperature in 200 hPa

Selected at different isobaric surfaces

˚K

Temperature at 850 hPa

˚K

Divergence at 200 hPa

1/s

Divergence at 850 hPa

1/s

Geopotential at 200 hPa

m2/s2

Geopotential at 500 hPa

m2/s2

Zonal component at 30 hPa

m/s

Zonal component at 50 hPa

m/s

Zonal component at 200 hPa

m/s

Zonal component at 850 hPa

m/s

Pressure at mean sea level

Selected at surface including thermodynamic indexes

Pa

Outgoing Longwave Radiation

w/m2

K-index

˚K

Gálvez-Davison Index

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