NOAA OUTLOOK CALLS FOR MILD WINTER FOR MOST OF THE NATION

[mikegeukes]

NOAA OUTLOOK CALLS FOR MILD WINTER FOR MOST OF THE NATION

http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2006/s2716.htm

Mike

[cdcollura]

Sweet!

Looks like even us SDS'ed to death storm chasers won't even be able to do snow chases this year.

2006 - It just keeps getting better, ey?

[Robert Dewey]

Chris,

Technically, that would be 2007 :)

So let's hope an active winter in 2007 leads to an active severe weather season in 2007. I won't hold my breath.

[Jeff Miller]

CDCollura, I would not quite say that.... in the northern plains, at least. It seems to me that a warmer than normal winter with equal precip chances may signal a greater chance of heavier snowfalls, as cold arctic air masses typically found in "colder than normal" winter seasons typically mean low dewpoints and really force the storm track south. If a warmer than normal winter pans out, and with equal precip chances over most of the nation, I think there is a pretty fair chance of at least some significant winter storms -- or more likely, ice events -- over quite a bit of the country at least a couple times, in my opinion... considering El Nino doesn't really mess things up. But hey....it IS 2006.........and 2007....

[Marko Korosec]

Hmm...I don't like it...the last winter was too warm and we all know what happened later with the season in May/June. What caused last year's warm winter if this one is gonna be too warm again 'cause of El Nino?

Do I really need to come to States three times to get an active late season (excluding March, April)? :)

[David Draun]

Mild winter yes. But an El Nino winter can have an early "kickstart" to it. I once heard this from one of the better local mets in my area. So should we be prepared for some cold and snowy late autumn/early winter conditions and then prepare for a few 70's in February?

[Joel Wright]

Nothing can be as pathetic as the last two winters were.