el niño XD

bkit man may gnyan?

Usually, the wind blows strongly from east to west along the equator in the Pacific.

This actually piles up water (about half a meter's worth) in the western part of the Pacific.

In the eastern, deeper water (which is colder than the sun-warmed surface water) gets pulled up from below to replace the water pushed west

So, the normal situation is warm water (about 30 C) in the west, cold (about 22 C) in the east.

In an El Niño, the winds pushing that water around get weaker.

As a result, some of the warm water piled up in the west slumps back down to the east, and not as much cold water gets pulled up from below.

Both these tend to make the water in the eastern Pacific warmer, which is one of the hallmarks of an El Niño.

But it doesn't stop there.

The warmer ocean then affects the winds--it makes the winds weaker!

So if the winds get weaker, then the ocean gets warmer, which makes the winds get weaker, which makes the ocean get warmer

this is called a positive feedback, and is what makes an El Niño grow.

XD aiaaan

*nosebleed* hala ka shye, black saturday ngaun. . .bawal ma'stress! nice one..

actually. XD

apparently, copy paste yan.

brqngurl: *niaaakk*