The story of El Niño begins on the eastern margins of the Pacific Ocean. For centuries, Peruvian fishermen have known that the usually cold and nutrient rich waters from time to time become exceptionally warm, accompanied by collapsing fish stocks. At the same time, torrential rain and flooding of the rivers of the Andes occur. This abnormal situation returns every 3-7 years and, since the event usually peaks around Christmas, the fishermen named the …showed first 75 words of 983 total…

…showed last 75 words of 983 total…shooting the breeze. We won't have good statistics about El Niño for another hundred years or so (perhaps even longer if it is truly chaotic). http://tropical.atmos.colostate.edu/forecasts/index.html http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/ensostuff/ensofaq.html http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/toga-tao/el-nino-story.html http://www.elnino.noaa.gov/ http://www.coaps.fsu.edu/lib/elninobib/1987-ElNinoPubs/ http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/enso/ensofaq.html#1