Winter Weather Predictions
NOAA predicts this winter will be warmer for many central parts of the United States, but it is hard to say how things will look for the rest of the country. The reason for this is that temperatures over the surface of the Pacific Ocean have not given good, reliable indicators thus far.
El Nino and La Nina have not recently been seen as patterns over the Pacific Ocean. El Nino is when the temperatures over the ocean’s surface warm-up, causing there to be warmer weather in the U.S. La Nina causes a cooling over the surface of the ocean which, therefore, causes cooler temperatures on land. Interestingly enough, NOAA scientists say the temperatures in the U.S. will be more affected by the climate patterns in the Arctic and North Atlantic oceans.
“For now, the forecast calls for a mild winter, with warmer-than-normal weather from the Rocky Mountains to the Appalachian Mountains through February…The best chance for above-normal temperatures was expected in Missouri, eastern Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas, with a lower probability extending into southern Wisconsin, western Ohio and Texas.
But exactly how the weather plays out remains to be seen.”
Read the full story by Christopher Doering.
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