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1: What is El Niño?


2: What is La Niña?


3: How do El Niño and La Niña differ?


4: Based on the wintertime La Niña weather map, what do you think Florida's tempeture and precipitation would be like during a winter El Niño event?

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El Niño is a weather pattern that occurs in the Pacific Ocean. During this time, unusual winds cause warm surface water from the equator to move east, toward Central and South America.


La Niña is a coupled ocean-atmosphere phenomenon that is the colder counterpart of El Niño, as part of the broader El Niño–Southern Oscillation climate pattern.

The weather in florida during a winter el niño event would increase precipitation, increase the chance of flooding and increased storm chances
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EL Niño; the child

La Niña; the girl

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