11.  For that matter, nobody knows exactly how the huge patch of warm Pacific water manages to affect weather around the world.

12.  Heat transferred to the atmosphere from these warmer Pacific waters helps to alter wind patterns over the globe.

13.  In the Pacific Northwest, the combination of very warm and humid air rarely occurs, owing to the influence of cool Pacific waters.

14.  It seems as though every flake of snow or drop of rain this winter is attributed to the warming of Pacific waters known as El Nino.

15.  The absence of chill in Marquette is part of a pattern that has swept air masses across the nation that had their origins over mild Pacific waters.

16.  The layer of cool and often foggy air in contact with the cool Pacific waters drifts in and out near the shores of California throughout the year.

17.  The nearby mild Pacific waters often keep the air too warm in the lowlands of western Washington to produce snow.

18.  The ominous warming of Pacific waters known as El Nino is continuing and might start drenching California next month, weather experts say.

19.  The tropical nations of Fiji and the Solomon Islands evoke images of of warm nights, swaying palms and sandy beaches bordered by Pacific waters.

20.  The warming Pacific waters that define El Nino spawn wide-ranging atmospheric conditions that carry over into the Atlantic and tend to abort developing hurricanes.