El Nino at Play as Source of More Intense Regional U.S. Wintertime Storms

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A schematic of typical January-March weather anomalies and atmospheric circulation illustrates the extended jet stream during El Nio events that leads to an amplified storm track and more extreme winter storms along the Gulf Coast. Click image for en ...
A schematic of typical January-March weather anomalies and atmospheric circulation illustrates the extended jet stream during El Niño events that leads to an amplified storm track and more extreme winter storms along the Gulf Coast. Click image for enlargement. Credit: Climate Prediction Center/NOAA

The next time you have to raise your umbrella against torrents of cold winter rain, you may have a remote weather phenomenon to thank that many may know by name as El Nino, but may not well understand.


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