High Plains listeners who enjoy a cold winter may have reason to rejoice.
Signs aren’t pointing to a repeat of last year’s mild season, reports The Wichita Eagle, and that means there could be more snow on the way. However, the cold won’t come until late, say meteorologists; the early part of the season is expected to be rather mild. Dave Samuhel is a senior meteorologist for AccuWeather. He says this year will “be more like winter should be.”
But Larry Ruthi of the Dodge City branch of the National Weather Service isn’t sure how cold things will get. He said the lack of a strong “forcing mechanism” like El Nino makes the coming winter more uncertain. He added that Current forecast models say temperatures may be above normal, but periodic arctic blasts will dive into the plains.
