El Nino Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by El Nino If you look at the ocean temperatures, we know it’s warmer in the western part of the Pacific than it was during these other strong events but it’s actually a little cooler in the eastern part, i think the reason why, at least at this point, the patterns have not been as strong has to do with the fact that the eastern part of the basin is warm – it comes out as the third warmest - but is significantly cooler than what we saw during (19)97 and (19)82 as well. El Nino science While it has certainly been mild across the country, it’s not really something we would attribute to El Nino, the AO is probably playing a bigger role this time. El Nino science Enhanced rainfall will boost farming even though farmers need to be aware of prevalence of diseases due to high moisture levels that may cause post-harvest losses. El Nino environment
