How La Niña will impact Oklahoma, according to NOAA forecast

(NEXSTAR) – The Climate Prediction Center’s official winter forecast has been launched, and it splits the nation in two: scorching and dry down south, and a thriller up north.

The 90-day-outlook was revealed Thursday morning by the Climate Prediction Center, a part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Weather Service. It provides individuals a tough concept of what November, December and January will appear like throughout the nation.

The forecast is closely influenced by the presence of La Niña, which forecasters recently said was 75% likely to stick around by the winter months.

La Niña tends to cut up the nation in half, bringing a dry winter to the southern half and a wetter winter to the northern half.

You can see that sample within the forecast map launched Thursday (under): A band of dry situations is anticipated from coast-to-coast, impacting all the southern half of the U.S.

While La Niña seems to be prefer it will convey dangerous news to the already drought-plagued southwest this winter, it’s a special story within the Pacific Northwest. La Niña winters have a tendency to convey extra precipitation, not much less, to the area.

The remainder of the nation is a little bit of a thriller. Every state proven in white on the map above has equal possibilities of having above common precipitation and under common precipitation.

When it comes to temperature, it’s trying prefer it will be a heat winter this 12 months for a lot of states, according to the brand new NOAA outlook. The West, South and Northeast all have an excellent probability of above-average heat between November and January.

The hottest situations are anticipated within the southwest (Arizona, New Mexico and Texas).

If forecasters’ predictions maintain true, and La Niña sticks round by January, it’ll be the third La Niña winter in a row – a uncommon phenomenon we’ve solely seen twice since 1950. However, new analysis suggests recurring La Niña years are growing more common due to local weather change.