[Vision2020] NOAA: ENSO Alert System Status: El Nino Likely to Develop Sept. 2012: Dryer Warmer Northwest Winter Likely

[Ted Moffett]

Good news for snow plow crews, maybe, or those hating to drive in snow, bad
news for skiers and those wishing a white Christmas...

http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/lanina/enso_evolution-status-fcsts-web.pdf
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http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/
http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/enso/ensofaq.html
http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/enso/ensofaq.html#8

>From websites above:

Winter temperatures with El Nino conditions tend to be warmer than usual
from Washington and northern Oregon across the northern tier to Montana,
and also along the West Coast. Conversely, cooler than normal temperatures
are seen in the far southeastern portion of the West, especially in
southeastern New Mexico.
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In the Pacific Northwest, El Nino tends to bring drier winters. The area
affected in this manner includes Washington, Oregon, and the more
mountainous portions of Idaho, western Montana and northwest Wyoming. This
area of influence extends well up into Canada, and coincides very well with
the Columbia River Basin on both sides of the U.S./Canada border.
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