#20 Postby CaptinCrunch » Thu Aug 05, 2010 3:09 pm
Current SST show a very weak La Nina, but till we have 3 consective months it wont be offical. But as of now La Nina is favored for this winter, just hope it's a weak La Nina as it will allow us to have a better shot of a more balanced winter as we tend to get during Neutral winters.
The only good thing La Nina winters have going for them are the chance of a buckeled N jet stream that dumps arctic air into the deep south. While we trend to be warmer and drier during La Nina winters, the chance for extreme arctic outbreaks for short periods of time are higher, but winter precip chances are much lower due to the storm track being across the mid section of the U.S.
Aug 5th, 2010
NOAA announced today that, as predicted last spring, La Niña has formed in the tropical Pacific Ocean.
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