1. El Niño: So What Is It?

2. Is It Global Warming? Simple Answer: NO
Named “The Child” due to December Arrival
El Niño occurs when there is a shift in the Trade Winds…. And what does that mean?
DEMO TIME!

3. El Niño In Action

4. So Why Should I Care?
Warm Air Condenses and we get Normal wet weather in the Western Pacific

5. Instead we get Abnormal Rainfall in N. and S. America…
Instead we get Abnormal Rainfall in N. and S. America…. and dry weather in Australia/Indonesia

6. So……
Sunny California!
Rainy Season in Australia!

7. Global Weather Effects
December through February

8. Effects in the PNW

9. So How About 2010?

10. Coincidence?
I Think Not!