From Seattle weather blogger Scott Sistek at KOMO:
Smile skiers: Signs of La Niña grow stronger that it's...growing stronger
Skiers and snowboarders have a reason to smile Thursday as there is growing confidence the snow season this winter could be a good one, thanks to their good friend, La Niña.
La Niña is part of the 5-7 year "ENSO" cycle that combines with El Niño and the "neutral" in between, measured by taking the sea surface temperatures in the central Pacific Ocean and comparing them to normal levels. These changes in temperatures have been found to have a profound global chain-reaction effect on the large scale weather patterns.
So why do skiers and snow fans care? Typically La Niña winters have a greater chance of being cooler and wetter than normal.
La Niña was declared to have arrived in the late summer, and the latest monthly updated discussion from NOAA Thursday shows that it's not only still here, but getting stronger.
Good news - last couple of seasons at Mt. Baker have been crappy to say the least. Nice to have some colder weather and more snowfall.
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