Meteorologist predicts variation on El Nino pattern: A wet PNW winter

From the Capital Press

Eastern Washington University meteorologist Robert Quinn said he believes that contrary to most El Nino weather patterns, the Pacific Northwest will see excessive rain this winter.

Speaking at the 75th annual convention of the Oregon Seed Growers League in Salem in December, Quinn noted that an El Nino weather system typically will split into two storm tracks: a southern half, which brings warm, wet conditions to California; and a northern track, which brings with it drought-like conditions to the Pacific Northwest. Read the rest of the story here.