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ISSUES UPDATE TO 2004-05 WINTER OUTLOOK: December, January,
February Climate Outlook
With
winter approaching, NOAA issued its final U.S. winter outlook
for December 2004 through February 2005. Forecasters at the
NOAA Climate Prediction Center predict an enhanced likelihood
of cooler-than-average temperatures in much of the East, Middle
Atlantic and South; warmer-than-average temperatures in Alaska,
Hawaii and the West; wetter-than-average conditions from New
Mexico through Texas to Louisiana; and drier-than-average
conditions over the Ohio Valley and the Northwest for this
winter. The forecast implies possible improvement in drought
conditions in limited portions of the Southwest and possible
worsening dryness in the Northwest and Ohio Valley regions.
Much of the focus of what lies behind the forecast is the
continuation of a weak El Niño event in the tropical
Pacific, which NOAA scientists are closely monitoring.
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REPORTS DRY CONDITIONS RETURN IN THE EAST, RECORD WETNESS IN
PARTS OF THE WEST, ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES IN THE SOUTH
Last month, the contiguous United States experienced its eighth
wettest October on record, with wetter-than-average conditions
across much of the nation, except the East Coast, according
to NOAA scientists.Overall, NOAA reported, temperatures and
precipitation were above average across the country in October.
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