La Niña conditions strengthen

With sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean lower than normal, climatologists agree that La Niña conditions will strengthen and continue in the Northern Hemisphere through the winter of 2010 – 2011. If this forecast is correct, we should expect:

- increased Atlantic hurricane activity - more rain than normal in the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys - less rain than normal in the southeastern and southwestern U.S. - above average rainfall in portions of Asia (particularly…