![]() The Siberian snow cover, El Nino and other factors “indicate an overall mild winter,” he told The Associated Press. Judah Cohen, a winter storm expert for Atmospheric Environmental Research, a commercial firm outside of Boston, has become prominent because of his successful forecasts based on fall Siberian snow cover and study of the infamous polar vortex. Meteorologists outside NOAA see the winter playing out somewhat similarly. Winter in the Lower 48 has warmed on average 1.6 degrees Fahrenheit (0.9 degrees Celsius) in the past 40 years, according to NOAA data. NOAA scientists said climate change is an added factor to their forecast, especially with winter being a season where the world sees some of the most warming above old normals from the burning of coal, oil and natural gas. That’s when it sends the jet stream, which moves storm fronts, on an unusual path that is dominated by warmer and wetter Pacific air plunging south. El Nino has its strongest effects, especially in the United States, during the winter. The Great Lakes region and the furthest northern parts of the nation stretching from Lake Erie to eastern Washington are forecast to be drier than normal.Īll this is because of El Nino, which is a natural periodic warming of parts of the Pacific that changes weather patterns worldwide and generally heats up global temperatures, Gottschalk and other NOAA scientists said. ![]() The forecast of added moisture stretches from Massachusetts down the East Coast along most of the South below Tennessee and extends west through Texas, Kansas, Colorado, Utah, Nevada and most of California, but excluding good chunks of New Mexico and Arizona. “The greatest odds for warmer than average conditions are in Alaska, the Pacific Northwest and northern New England,” Gottschalk said.Ī similarly large southern swath of the country is predicted to be wetter. NOAA doesn’t predict any part of the U.S. The rest of the nation is forecast to be near normal or have equal chances for warm, cold or normal. Most of the country is predicted to be warmer than normal with that warmth stretching north from Tennessee, Missouri, Nebraska and Nevada, along with nearly all of California. Parts of the East Coast, particularly the Mid-Atlantic, may get more snow than normal because of that, he said. The forecast warmth will likely turn some storms that would have dumped snow into rain in the nation’s northern tier, but there’s also “some hope for snow lovers,” with one or two possible whopping Nor’easters for the East Coast, said Jon Gottschalk, operations branch chief of NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center. More people receive their news, weather and sports from the digital platforms of WSAZ, WSAZ NewsChannel 3, myZtv, and “WSAZ Mobile” than all other local stations combined.(AP) - The upcoming United States winter looks likely to be a bit low on snow and extreme cold outbreaks, with federal forecasters predicting the North to get warmer than normal and the South wetter and stormier.Ī strong El Nino heavily moderates and changes the storm tracks of what America is likely to face from December to February, with an added warming boost from climate change and record hot oceans, officials at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday in releasing their winter outlook. WSAZ serves viewers in West Virginia, Ohio, and Kentucky with Severe Weather and Breaking News coverage. Mail: WSAZ NewsChannel 3 PO Box 2115, Huntington, WV 25721 Students interested in applying for an internship at WSAZ should submit a statement of interest and resume via e-mail to internship coordinator Grover Tadlock Ĭlosed Captioning/Audio Description Complaints/Issues: Chief Engineer, Aaron Withrow 30 Operations Manager, Jeff Perry: 30 ![]() Unpaid positions are available in both our Huntington and Charleston newsrooms. WSAZ interns take an active role in the daily production of our newscasts. WSAZ Internship Program WSAZ NewsChannel 3’s internship program provides an opportunity for college students interested in pursuing careers in broadcast and online journalism to work in a hands-on environment. Forecast Via Telephone Call the WSAZ First Warning Weather Centers for the updated WSAZ First Warning Forecast: Huntington – (304) 690-3078 / Charleston – (304) 340-4655
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