I love the science behind this!! As a resident of the PNW for over 40 years the La Nina-El Nino pattern plays a huge role in our weather. On the east side of the mountains Kittitas and Yakima counties are critically dependent on the winter snow pack for irrigation and river levels for fish habitat throughout the summer months. I really get frustrated with climate deniers.
It is time we stopped arguing about cause, recognize the facts and work on infrastructure to protect vital areas (and not trump's properties DON'T count) from rising sea levels.

It is intentional, helps us keep-out the riff-raff (I kid, I kid)