Lima, Peru, is a city on the shore of the eastern Pacific. During a La Niña, you would expect the weather to be A. Warmer, drier than normal B. Warmer, wetter than normal C. Cooler, drier than normal D. Cooler, wetter than normal

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Livia Barker

8 June, 17:16

Lima, Peru, is a city on the shore of the eastern Pacific. During a La Niña, you would expect the weather to be A. Warmer, drier than normal B. Warmer, wetter than normal C. Cooler, drier than normal D. Cooler, wetter than normal

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Madilynn Pruitt · Answer 1

C. Cooler, drier than normal.

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La Niña is a climate phenomenon, the colder counterpart of El Niño, that is characterized by the production or appearance of unusual colder temperatures in the regions of the Pacific Ocean, leading to the weakening of the maritime and continental anticyclones, which are areas of low cloudiness and atmospheric pressures that lessen the storms. It provokes

According to NASA, the atmosphere cools because of the low sea surface temperature and causes less water to evaporate. This results in a cooler, denser, and drier air in the region of Peru on the shore of the eastern Pacific Ocean.