[Cdt-l] Warmer then average winter coming

[Peter Sustr]

Thinking ahead to my 2013 NOBO hike.... water challenges


*Elusive El Niño challenges NOAA’s 2012 U.S. Winter Outlook*

October 18, 2012


The western half of the continental U.S. and central and northern Alaska
could be in for a warmer-than-average winter, while most of Florida might
be colder-than-normal December through February, according to NOAA’s annual
Winter Outlook announced today from the agency’s new Center for Weather and
Climate Prediction in College Park, Md.

Forecasters with NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center say a wavering El Niño,
expected to have developed by now, makes this year’s winter outlook less
certain than previous years.

*Continued at: **
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2012/20121018_winteroutlook.html*<http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2012/20121018_winteroutlook.html>
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Peter  'CzechXpress'
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