NOAA Releases Their Initial Winter Weather Outlook for the 2009-10 Season

[BergenSkywarn]

With what seems a very timely release date of today  ( October 15), NOAA and the NWS have issued the initial 2009-10 Season Winter Weather Outlook (FYI...there is a Winter Weather Advisory now in effect for parts of the ARRL NNJ Section thru Friday AM, with possible mixed precipitation types also being forecasted for areas above 500 ASL)

 

• Northeast: Equal chances for above-, near-, or below-normal temperatures and precipitation. Winter weather in this region is often driven not by El Niño but by weather patterns over the northern Atlantic Ocean and Arctic, such as the North Atlantic Oscillation. These patterns are often more short-term, and are generally predictable only a week or so in advance.

 

You can access the complete product with information for the entire country here: http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2009/20091015_winteroutlook.html

 

George

Deputy SKYWARN Coordinator Bergen County NJ