Re: La Nina and Southeast Ridge
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Thank you for your support and your questions. Yes, La Nina tends to promote anomalous ridging in the Southeast, although the signal is a little more robust farther west toward Texas. This effect is reflected in the typical temperature and precipitation anomalies associated with La Nina, which includes warmer- and drier-than-average conditions in the Southeast, and wetter-than-average conditions in the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes regions, in association with the northward shift of the jet. And yes, the typical response to El Nino is basically the reverse of that to La Nina.