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elleng

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Thu Oct 17, 2019, 08:07 PM Oct 2019

NOAA calls for mild winter but one with big mood swings.

'Don’t expect a particularly harsh winter, but a volatile one. That’s the essence of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s winter outlook, released Thursday.

The agency is forecasting warmer-than-average temperatures over a large part of the nation, in keeping with recent trends. Winters are warming up because of climate change, and the overwhelming majority of recent years have tended to be mild on balance.

But even with winters trending milder, they have still unleashed brutal cold snaps and blockbuster storms, and there’s no reason this year won’t be different.'>>>

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/10/17/noaa-winter-forecast-calls-somewhat-mild-conditions-with-big-swings/?

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NOAA calls for mild winter but one with big mood swings. (Original Post) elleng Oct 2019 OP
Yay! Zaphod42 Oct 2019 #1
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