Michigan Faces Warmer Winter as Strongest El Niño Since 1950 Takes Hold
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Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Aug 19
Michigan Faces Warmer Winter as Strongest El Niño Since 1950 Takes Hold
3 articles · Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Aug 19
Summary
Michigan is headed for a warmer-than-normal winter, with forecasters saying a very strong El Niño is now in place and likely to shape the season.
Since 1950, three of the four previous strong El Niño winters in Michigan were considerably warmer than normal; the lone colder case was 1957-58 during a generally colder era.
Precipitation in those strong El Niño winters stayed near normal overall, suggesting this season could still bring plenty of mixed winter weather even if temperatures run higher.
Forecasters say strong El Niño patterns usually keep deep Arctic air bottled up in northern Canada and steer milder Pacific Northwest flow into the Great Lakes.