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Article: El Nio opts not to rear its ugly face
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- Oakland Tribune
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- December 17, 2006
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WASHINGTON -- After weeks of relentless, record rain, hurricane-
force winds, floods and heavy mountain snows, scientists are
starting to wonder when El Nio will show up and provide a break in
the ugly weather that has been pummeling the Pacific Northwest.
A week ago, the National Weather Service said that this winter's
El Nio was intensifying, and it predicted that it would last longer
than expected next spring. So far, however, there has been no sign
of the weather phenomenon, which usually brings milder and drier
conditions to the Northwest, wetter and cooler ones to the Southwest
and warmer and drier winter weather to the nation's northern tier.
It may still be a little early for El ...