Question

Record snowfalls were recorded in the rocky mountains in 1997 following warmer- than- average water temperatures in the easthern pacific ocean. what likely caused the extra snow?

A. An occluded front
B. La Nina
C. El Nino
D. The jet stream

Answer 1

C. Might be the answer

Answer 2

Answer: C. El Nino

El Nino is an event that influences the climatic condition. It occurred in the water of the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean which got unusually warm. The warm water impact trade winds and storm pattern across some of the regions around the globe. These trade winds and storms accompanied with the precipitation with extra snow in the rocky mountains in 1997.