Editing Jet stream (section)

====La Niña====
Across North America during [[La Niña]], increased precipitation is diverted into the [[Pacific Northwest]] due to a more northerly storm track and jet stream.<ref>Nathan Mantua. [http://www.ccb.ucar.edu/lanina/report/mantua.html La Niña Impacts in the Pacific Northwest.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071022030057/http://www.ccb.ucar.edu/lanina/report/mantua.html |date=22 October 2007 }} Retrieved on 29 February 2008.</ref> The storm track shifts far enough northward to bring wetter than normal conditions (in the form of increased snowfall) to the Midwestern states, as well as hot and dry summers.<ref>Southeast Climate Consortium. [http://www.agclimate.org/Development/apps/agClimate/controller/perl/agClimate.pl/agClimate.pl?function=climforecast/outlook.html&location=local&type SECC Winter Climate Outlook.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080304212445/http://www.agclimate.org/Development/apps/agClimate/controller/perl/agClimate.pl/agClimate.pl?function=climforecast%2Foutlook.html&location=local&type |date= 4 March 2008 }} Retrieved on 29 February 2008.</ref><ref>[[Reuters]]. [https://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN1619766420070216 La Nina could mean dry summer in Midwest and Plains.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080421224855/http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN1619766420070216 |date=21 April 2008 }} Retrieved on 29 February 2008.</ref> Snowfall is above normal across the Pacific Northwest and western Great Lakes.<ref name="cpc.ncep.noaa.gov"/> Across the North Atlantic, the jet stream is stronger than normal, which directs stronger systems with increased precipitation towards Europe.<ref>Paul Simons and Simon de Bruxelles. [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article3200801.ece More rain and more floods as La Niña sweeps across the globe.]{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Retrieved on 13 May 2008.</ref>