On Thursday, NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, announced its long range forecast for the upcoming winter, which may be of interest to those selling remote start.
The eastern seaboard, southern states and Gulf Coast, should expect a milder winter, said NOAA.
The opposite is true in the Northwest, from the Pacific Northwest to the western Great Lakes and the Alaska Panhandle. Below normal temperatures are predicted here as well as wetter conditions.
Drought however, is expected to persist December through February in parts of the West and the southern Great Plains and it may expand to the Gulf Coast.
La Nina conditions are what is causing the milder temperatures predicted for parts of the US. This is a cooling of sea water in the tropical Pacific Ocean that affects the position of the jet stream.
NOAA claims its new supercomputers are allowing it to develop better and more detailed forecasts that will be rolled out in the coming years, it said.
NOAA forecasts project 3 months out and are updated each month. The next update is November 17. It does not offer long range predictions on snowfall.
AccuWeather, however, is predicting less snowfall this year in the Northeast. AccuWeather also expects a milder winter, especially earlier in the season, according to the Washington Post.
Source: NOAA, USA Today, Washington Post
Photo: NOAA (brown=milder weather, blue=colder)
