The Effects of the El Nino on Weather

The El Nino has some pretty drastic effects on what happens with weather elsewhere. It's like a weather-domino effect when it gets going. Instead of the usual rising air and rainy conditions in Southeast Asia, that area sees subsiding air which can cause drought. And changes in looping air patterns also alter things like the jet stream across the US. But it's not all bad news: We do tend to see less hurricane activity in the Atlantic because the atmosphere is more stable.