Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20110116:23:32:00
Than normal. and that's where the name comes from. what it mean on a larger global scale is when you have the colder water in this part of the country, this part of the world, it does affect the wind patterns, and the jet stream. the jet stream is where we get our weather systems almost like a conveyor belt. where they're traveling along. when the jet stream's set up during the la nina pattern, it means wet weather for places like the philippines, brazil, australia. here in the u.s., the jet lifts north and guests a steady stream of tropical moisture from the pacific. that is what's impacting ...
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