Jonathan M Lilly¹, Paula Perez-Brunius², Julio Sheinbaum², Jorge Zavala-Hidalgo³, Julien Jouanno⁴, Joao Marcos Azevedo Correia de Souza⁵, Sheila Natali Estrada-Allis⁶ and Jeffrey J Early⁷, (1)Theiss Research, La Jolla, CA, United States, (2)CICESE, Physical Oceanography, Ensenada, BJ, Mexico, (3)Univ Nacional Autonoma Mexico, Mexico City, EM, Mexico, (4)Observatory Midi-Pyrenees, Toulouse, France, (5)New Zealand Meteorological Service (MetService), MetOcean Division, Raglan, New Zealand, (6)Centro de Investigacion Cientifica y de Educacion Superior de Ensenada (CICESE), Ensenada, BJ, Mexico, (7)NorthWest Research Associates, Redmond, WA, United States