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(AP Newswire)
Climate experts confirm La Nina
ATLANTA (AP) - Move over, groundhog! Climate experts say they
have a better prognosticator in La Nina (NEEN'-yuh).
Scientists say a mild cooling of Pacific Ocean waters could
coincide with stronger and more numerous hurricanes this year. La
Nina often signals a wetter-than-average Pacific Northwest and a
drier South as well.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says La Nina
will probably be around through late spring and possibly into the
summer. Forecaster Mike Halpert confirms changes in the jet stream
and lower-than-normal water temperatures are clues that La Nina
already is at work, keeping much of the country warmer than usual
last month.
Because the agency has only about 50 years of data on La Nina
occurrences, it's too early to predict the ultimate effects.
Although more strong hurricane activity is expected in the
Atlantic.
Climate experts confirm La Nina
ATLANTA (AP) - Move over, groundhog! Climate experts say they
have a better prognosticator in La Nina (NEEN'-yuh).
Scientists say a mild cooling of Pacific Ocean waters could
coincide with stronger and more numerous hurricanes this year. La
Nina often signals a wetter-than-average Pacific Northwest and a
drier South as well.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says La Nina
will probably be around through late spring and possibly into the
summer. Forecaster Mike Halpert confirms changes in the jet stream
and lower-than-normal water temperatures are clues that La Nina
already is at work, keeping much of the country warmer than usual
last month.
Because the agency has only about 50 years of data on La Nina
occurrences, it's too early to predict the ultimate effects.
Although more strong hurricane activity is expected in the
Atlantic.