WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal forecasters predict this winter may paint the U.S. in stripes of different weather: Warmer and drier than normal in the south, and colder and wetter than usual in the far north.
The National Weather Service winter outlook , issued Thursday, gets murky in the nation’s middle belt, with no particular expectation for trends in temperature or precipitation.
Still, some nasty storms might make the winter there memorable, said Mike Halpert, deputy director of the weather service’s Climate Prediction Center.
The major driver of the winter forecast is a budding La Nina, a cooling of the central Pacific that warps weather worldwide and is the flip side of the better-known El Nino, Halpert said.
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Gee just like normal.
ReplyDeleteEqual chance means they don't have a clue
ReplyDeleteOr they haven't decided yet.
ReplyDeleteWeather is controlled.
Wooly worms are saying mild throughout with no events.
ReplyDeleteMy dog says just keep the wood stove on and he won't crap in my room.
My Ex Wife says my life will be hell for yet another winter.
It's a toss up!
Ha ha ha, you are a riot....love the predictions...
DeleteWonder how it's too hard to call Dan will predict?
ReplyDeleteI like the Wooly Worm predictions...They are always right.
ReplyDeleteMy bunions predict better weather than worms or Dan. lol
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