I’ve been looking at the potential scenarios for our winter this year. I’m leaning towards a repeat of the past 3 or 4 years. Above average temps and below average precipitation. This year, La Niña will come into play and could change the forecast as we move closer to November and December.
NOAA released their outlook yesterday. Here’s their review.
Let’s face it. We live in Oklahoma and forecasting winter weather is a crap shoot. There’s several factors that come into play and La Niña is just one of them.
I, for one, love winter weather and I’d like to get back to colder temps and snow. That’s been missing the past few years. The last time we had a decent snowfall was in February of 2015, booking over 5 inches of the white stuff that month.
I’m remaining hopeful. Miracles happen, right?
Now, if we believe the newly released Farmer’s Almanac, it’s the opposite of what NOAA is forecasting – below average temps and above average snowfall. No gopher in the winter, so wo do we rely on?