NOAA: It's Going To Be A Wet Winter Thanks To El Niño
WASHINGTON (CBS/AP) -- Forecasters say this winter El Niño will leave a big wet but not necessarily snowy footprint on much of the United States, including parched California.
The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration on Thursday issued its winter forecast, heavily influenced by one of the strongest El Niños on record.
NOAA expects a cooler and wetter winter for the South. California is forecast to get more than the usual precipitation during the critical time its reservoirs usually fill, but there's no guarantee. Only northern tier states, the Ohio Valley states and Alaska should be dry.
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Forecasters see a milder, warmer winter north of the Mason-Dixon line and for all of California and Nevada. Texas and the Deep South are forecast to be cold.
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