La Nina, an ocean-atmosphere phenomenon where the sea surface temperature across the equatorial Eastern Central Pacific Ocean is lower than normal, tends to bring heavier than normal wet weather to the U.S. Midwest. Yes, blame La Nina for the record snowfall the last few months. It's all her fault.
El Nino on the other hand, brings warmer water to the sea surface and has a tendency to bring the exact opposite so you're talking possible drought conditions BUT just where does that wet weather go? To coastal regions in the U.S., Chilean, Peruvian, New Zealand, and Australian coasts, among others.....causing landslides and affecting those crops. As an example, an increase in monsoons in India could affect their sugar cane crop while drought-like conditions in the U.S. Midwest would affect corn and soybean outputs.
Just how strong El Nino will be remains to be seen but more than a few believe it's going to be a hot one. ABC News Meteorologist Melissa Griffin says the pending El Niño