Intensive Study 3 In June the equatorial trade winds reversed direction from westward to eastward. by september waters off northern california were roughly 17 degrees warmer than normal. Off the Washington coast, stunned fishermen caught tropical fish that seldom stray that far north. Storms were flooding central Chile, and heavier-than normal snowfalls in the Andes trapped hundreds in the bitter cold And all of this only foretold of even more devastating weather for the fall and winter3 In June the equatorial trade winds reversed direction from westward to eastward. By September, waters off Northern California were roughly 17 degrees warmer than normal. Off the Washington coast, stunned fishermen caught tropical fish that seldom stray that far north. Storms were flooding central Chile, and heavier-than￾normal snowfalls in the Andes trapped hundreds in the bitter cold. And all of this only foretold of even more devastating weather for the fall and winter. Intensive Study