{"id":113110,"date":"2017-10-20T13:13:04","date_gmt":"2017-10-20T17:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=113110"},"modified":"2017-10-20T13:15:48","modified_gmt":"2017-10-20T17:15:48","slug":"20172018-u-s-winter-outlook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/20172018-u-s-winter-outlook\/","title":{"rendered":"2017\/2018 U.S. Winter Outlook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIf La Nina conditions develop, we predict it will be weak and potentially short-lived, but it could still shape the character of the upcoming winter,\u201d said Mike Halpert, deputy director of NOAA\u2019s Climate Prediction Center. \u201cTypical La Nina patterns during winter include above average precipitation and colder than average temperatures along the Northern Tier of the U.S. and below normal precipitation and drier conditions across the South.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NOAA winter outlook for 2017-18\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cogg59V6PL0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Other factors that influence winter weather include the Arctic Oscillation, which influences the number of arctic air masses that penetrate into the South and is difficult to predict more than one to two weeks in advance, and the Madden-Julian Oscillation, which can affect the number of heavy rain events along the West Coast.<\/p>\n<p>The 2017 U.S. Winter Outlook (December through February):<\/p>\n<p><strong>Precipitation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wetter-than-average conditions are favored across most of the northern United States, extending from the northern Rockies, to the eastern Great Lakes, the Ohio Valley, in Hawaii and in western and northern Alaska.<\/p>\n<p>Drier-than-normal conditions are most likely across the entire southern U.S.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/DMh-Uz5X0AAa3cb.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-113112\" src=\"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/DMh-Uz5X0AAa3cb.jpg\" alt=\"DMh-Uz5X0AAa3cb\" width=\"408\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/DMh-Uz5X0AAa3cb.jpg 408w, https:\/\/breaking911.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/DMh-Uz5X0AAa3cb-300x235.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Temperature<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Warmer-than-normal conditions are most likely across the southern two-thirds of the continental U.S., along the East Coast, across Hawaii and in western and northern Alaska.<\/p>\n<p>Below-average temperatures are favored along the Northern Tier of the country from Minnesota to the Pacific Northwest and in southeastern Alaska.<\/p>\n<p>The rest of the country falls into the equal chance category, which means they have an equal chance for above-, near-, or below-normal temperatures and\/or precipitation because there is not a strong enough climate signal in these areas to shift the odds.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/DMh-Uz7W0AE9epg.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-113111 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/DMh-Uz7W0AE9epg.jpg\" alt=\"DMh-Uz7W0AE9epg\" width=\"408\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/DMh-Uz7W0AE9epg.jpg 408w, https:\/\/breaking911.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/DMh-Uz7W0AE9epg-300x235.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Drought<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Despite the outlook favoring above-average precipitation this winter, drought is likely to persist in parts of the northern Plains, although improvement is anticipated farther West.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, drought could develop across scattered areas of the South, mainly in regions that missed the rainfall associated with the active 2017 hurricane season.<\/p>\n<p>NOAA\u2019s seasonal outlooks give the likelihood that temperature and precipitation will be above-, near, or below-average, and also how drought is expected to change, but do not project seasonal snowfall accumulations. While the last two winters featured above-average temperatures over much of the nation, significant snowstorms still impacted different parts of the country. Snow forecasts are generally not predictable more than a week in advance because they depend upon the strength and track of winter storms. The U.S. Winter Outlook will be updated on November 16.<\/p>\n<p>[Source: NOAA]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIf La Nina conditions develop, we predict it will be weak and potentially short-lived, but it could still shape the character of the upcoming winter,\u201d said Mike Halpert, deputy director of NOAA\u2019s Climate Prediction Center. \u201cTypical La Nina patterns during winter include above average precipitation and colder than average temperatures along the Northern Tier of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3507,"featured_media":113113,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - 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