News Finding: New #climate connection between New Zealand and North America can be used to predict rainfall in Southwestern US 
Paper Finding: Accordingly, NZI is associated with a dipole pattern along the west coast of the US, which is evident in both zonal winds of the upper atmosphere, as well as in precipitation amounts (see Supplementary Fig.
News Context: New #climate connection between New Zealand and North America can be used to predict rainfall in Southwestern US 
Paper Context: In contrast, warm SSTs in the NZI region excite positive anomalies in the northwestern Pacific, deflecting the jet stream northward (at 45°-50°N), and leading to wet conditions over the northwestern US, and dry conditions in SWUS. Accordingly, NZI is associated with a dipole pattern along the west coast of the US, which is evident in both zonal winds of the upper atmosphere, as well as in precipitation amounts (see Supplementary Fig. 9 ).