Pacific Ocean To determine the phase of ENSO, the most recent three-month sea surface temperature average for the area approximately to the southeast of Hawaii is computed, and if the region is more than above or below normal for that period, then an El Niño or La Niña is considered in progress. In the tropical western Pacific, the monsoon and the related wet season during the summer months contrast with dry winds in the winter which blow over the ocean from the Asian landmass. Worldwide, tropical cyclone activity peaks in late summer, when the difference between temperatures aloft and sea surface temperatures
The North Sea in Stormy Weather works of the Skagen Painters depict the beaches, Tuxen's painting is restricted to the sea itself. The Tuxens donated the work to Skagens Museum where it is now part of the collection. The North Sea in Stormy Weather The North Sea in Stormy Weather. After Sunset. Højen () is a 1909 painting by Laurits Tuxen. Although his paintings of Skagen date from the beginning of the 20th century, Tuxen is now considered to be one of artists known as the Skagen Painters who gathered in very north of Denmark in the 1870s and 1880s. The Skagen Painters were a close-knit