El Niño and La Niña are climate phenomena that are generally associated with wetter and drier winter conditions in the ...

ALL FIVE OF THESE YEARS FINISHED WITH BELOW AVERAGE PRECIPITATION, BUT THOSE FIVE YEARS A MIX OF THE EL NINO, LA NINA PATTERN ... pauses are a normal part of winter for this region.

Patrick Timm is a local weather specialist. His column appears Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays. Reach him at [email protected]. Those easterly winds out of the Columbia River Gorge can either ...

It all bucked what climate experts expected this winter. But we're already reverting ... in the Pacific Ocean — the flip side of El Niño, which is warmer-than-usual water in the same region.

Last winter was a wet one, but it wasn't enough to end a three-decade drought. While climate patterns like La Niña and El Niño can provide temporary relief, the rain and snow haven't moved past ...