(excerpts from The 2005 Old Farmer's Almanac)
by Evelyn Browning-Garriss

Today, weathermen are looking around the world for interrelated, large-scale weather patterns called teleconnections. They understand that weather is global and are finding, for example, that a minor change of air pressure over the Arctic Ocean can signal a storm that will bury the entire East Coast in snow or bring a lush crop to the fields of Kansas.

• El Niño and La Niña
• Teleconnections and Oscillations
• The Long-, Long-, Long-Range Forecast