El Niño and La Nina conditions help meteorologists make seasonal forecasts for the Southeastern Unites States – thousands of miles away. Discuss the atmospheric mechanisms which permits such extrapolations. You can review the information contained in the websites listed below.
Read and comment on at least two of your peers’ answers.
Websites:
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/outreach/basic.shtml (Links to an external site.)
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/impacts/warm_impacts.shtml (Links to an external site.) (El Nino impacts)
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/lanina/cold_impacts.shtml (Links to an external site.) (La Nina impacts)
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