LA NINA COULD BRING LATE SPRING START
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008 -- 11:34 AM
Sick of winter? Too bad. "La Nina" is here to stay for awhile."La Nina" conditions are marked by cooler-than-normal waters in the Pacific Ocean near the equator. Those waters impact the jet stream, which impacts our weather.
"We are more apt to see a slower green up and slower rise in the temperatures in early spring," explains Jaff Boyne, a forecaster with the National Weather Service in La Crosse, "That doesn't mean that we're not going to see a few days that are above normal, but overall, the general trend is going to be colder than normal."
This is a "moderate to strong" La Nina that's already played a role in the snowy, cold winter, according to Boyne.
This is our 15th La Nina since 1950. The last was in 2001.
"The overall spring ended up being above normal, but the first part of the spring was fairly cool," Boyne says.
And as the old Wisconsin saying goes: If you don't like the weather, stick around, it will change. Boyne says Mother Nature has a way of evening things out.
"Typical La Nina summers are hotter and drier."
On the Web:
[url=http://www.crh.noaa.gov/arx/?n=laninasprings]NWS: More on La Nina[/url]
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