El Niño and La Niña, that whole cycle, that is really just looking at
sea surface temperatures in a large area of the eastern Pacific.
And that's quite, quite a distance away from us.
So, it wouldn't seem like it would have any any relevance to us.
But what it does is the temperature conditions in that part of the ocean
sets up circulation patterns in the atmosphere,
and those patterns are what bring us extra moisture from the Pacific.
They're patterns that may suppress hurricanes
from coming to us from the Gulf.
They may influence the jet stream
that is bringing cool air down to us from the north.
So, in combination,
El Niño/La Niña
influence weather patterns all over the globe,
they mean different things to different people, different areas.
But for us, La Niña conditions, the warmer
temperatures in the eastern Pacific, those really correlate
to warmer and drier winters than we would typically experience.