Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20110209:16:24:00
Pacific ocean currents and surface temperatures, right? >> reporter: right, there is an interaction between the atmosphere and the water. in a la nina you have cooler than normal waters off the south american continent off the pacific side. that means storm systems are taking up into the pacific northwest. because of that storm track it's the northern tier of the united states that gets the snow and ice and typically the plains and certainly the southeast is generally dry and mild. but i think because of the strength, the strongest in recorded history, those typical signals were not what we sa...