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March 29, 2024 |
NOAA issues winter weather outlook California skiers hoping for a cold winter might want to think twice about getting a season pass to their favorite resort this winter.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which released its December-through-February winter outlook Thursday, predicts that all but the northernmost part of the state has a 40 to 50 percent chance of being warmer than normal. The likelihood of above-average temperatures is even greater in the Pacific Northwest — 50 to 60 percent. No part of the country is favored to have below-average temperatures, according to NOAA. NOAA's models also predict average precipitation for the state this winter. There's a 70 to 75 percent chance of an El Nino formation, the ocean-atmosphere climate interaction linked to periodic warming in sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific. Story Date: January 1, 2019
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