El Nino La Nina

Part I of Essay
As the easterly trade winds decrease, the western Pacific's warm water flows toward the Americas. This giant mass of warm water flows over the colder water of the eastern Pacific. As this occurs, we get what is called El Nino, or the child. Its name ("the child") is deriv ....

Part II of Essay
.... names such as El Viejo, anti-El Nino or simply "cold event". When the warmer Pacific water is pushed westward by the trade winds, that water flows toward Asia and makes room for the colder, deep sea water, to rise and flow to the Americas. Because cold water doesn't evaporate, there is a large reduction in the formation of storm clouds. The weather patterns of La Nina are basically an exact opposite of El Nino. Strong high pressure systems form over the Pacific and low pressure systems are discovered over Australia. Westerly trade ....