What is El Niño and how does it relate to Chris Farley?

Several people have heard of it and its sister, La Niña, but what is El Niño?  Some of us may think El Niño is a wrestler portrayed by Chris Farley.  As funny as that is, it is not a wrestler and it is not Chris Farley.  In spanish, it means "The Boy" referring to the Christ Child.  In meteorology, it is an increase in sea surface temperatures over the eastern and east-central Pacific Ocean that is above normal sea surface temperatures while cooling the western and west-central Pacific Ocean below normal sea surface temperatures.  This is a very unique phenomenon has a huge impact on the atmosphere that increases the frequency of precipitation, heat, and othere weather scenarios that can create flooding, droughts, and hurricanes (typhoons).  The sister of El Niño, La Niña, means "The Girl" in Spanish and is the complete opposite of El Niño.  La Niña is the cooling below normal sea surface temperatures in the eastern and east-central Pacific Ocean and the warming above normal sea surface temperatures in the western and west-central Pacific Ocean.