El Nino Watch

Data gap alert

An alert sent when the island level has been Unknown for more than 6 hours.

Koh Samui watch

After each evaluation, if critical data has been missing for over 6 hours, one 'data gap' alert per day is stored and sent (Telegram / Neo, if configured).

Limits. Short gaps (under 6 hours) do not alert, to avoid noise from brief source outages.

How to read it

It lists the missing factors. Until it clears, check the TMD warnings and the ferry operators yourself.

Why it matters for Koh Samui

A silent outage during the monsoon or a cyclone would look like 'nothing to report'. This alert makes the silence visible.

Sources

ENSO status now

ONI (NOAA CPC)
+1.80 °C, JJA 2026 (previous +1.39 °C)
RONI (NOAA CPC)
+1.36 °C, JJA 2026
Nino 3.4 weekly (NOAA CPC / OISST)
+3.0 °C anomaly, week of 16 Sep 2026 (SST 29.6 °C)