Mike Halpert of NOAA's Climate Prediction Center talks about La Niña and other climate patterns that are likely to influence winter climate across the United States. NOAA Climate.gov video by Ned Gardiner, Alicia Albee, Kurt Mann, Robert Klein, and Bruce Sales.
Forecasters at NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center issued the U.S. Winter Outlook today, saying that La Nina is expected to influence winter conditions this year. The Climate Prediction Center issued a La Nina watch this month, predicting the climate phenomenon is likely to develop in late fall or early winter. La Nina favors drier, warmer winters in the southern U.S and wetter, cooler conditions in the northern U.S. Read the whole press release.
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