El Nino and La Nina
El Nino and La Nina are weather patterns that happen from changes in ocean temperatures in the Pacific near the equator.
El Nino is the large scale warming of temperatures on the surface of the sea across the Pacific.
La Nina is the opposite of El Nino and is the cooling of seas surface temperatures.
An El Nino year can cause different weather patterns in different locations, such as:
El Nino is the large scale warming of temperatures on the surface of the sea across the Pacific.
La Nina is the opposite of El Nino and is the cooling of seas surface temperatures.
An El Nino year can cause different weather patterns in different locations, such as:
- Mild winter temperatures over Western Canada and North Western United States
- Above average precipitation in Gulf Coast including Florida
- A drier than average period in Ohio and Pacific North West.
- Stronger winds along equatorial region
- Weaker jet stream in Pacific
- temperatures are above average in the southeast and below average in the northwest
- Greater instances of tornados in states of the US already vulnerable to them