From News Nation:
“NOAA releases hot summer
outlook: Here’s the forecast for your state”
(The 90-day temperature outlook
for June, July and August.)
Get your swimsuit and SPF ready.
It’s looking like a hot summer for just about everyone this year. The Climate
Prediction Center’s summer outlook was released Thursday, and it shows a
likelihood of above-average temperatures for nearly every part of every state
in the country between June and August. The highest likelihood for hot temps is
in Utah, Colorado and New Mexico, according to the Climate Prediction Center’s
outlook. Another pocket especially likely to see a hot summer is the Northeast,
as seen in the map below. The darker the shade of orange or red on the map
above indicates the likelihood of a hotter-than-average summer. The white parts
of the map show equal chances of an above- or below-average summer. No state is
expected to have a cooler-than-usual summer. The Climate Prediction Center,
which is part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
issues 90-day outlooks once a month. Thursday’s outlook also calls for a dry
summer for most of the country.
(The 90-day precipitation outlook
for June, July and August.)
Only the East Coast, Gulf states,
southern Arizona and Alaska are predicted to have a wetter summer. The rest of
the country is facing dry conditions, which is expected to worsen the drought
out West. These summer weather predictions are influenced by the ongoing La
Niña climate pattern, which has been lingering an especially long time this
year. La Niña also has an impact on hurricane season. It typically weakens
storms originating in the Pacific, but leads to stronger hurricanes in the
Atlantic.
^ I hope we get more precipitation
than we usually do – since we had a Drought last year. We already have hotter
than normal temperatures. We got to the 90s last week and will get back to them
on Saturday. ^
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