Meteorologists and mammals predict El Nino

"An El Nino basically is where there is a warming of the sea surface temperatures in the equatorial Pacific," said Stefanie Sullivan, meteorologist intern with the National Weather Service. "Winds that move across the equator weaken and so that warm water is allowed to drift from the western side of the Pacific near Indonesia and Australia towards South America."

Perette Godwin

June 30, 2009