2023 weather predictions California
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CALIFORNIA — La Niña could stick around until as late as 2023, making it the third such weather event since 1950, according to the United Nations World Meteorological Organization. The protracted La Niña weather event is credited with worsening California drought conditions, which has prompted significant water restrictions
throughout the Golden State in recent months. Millions of acres across California also face tinderbox conditions about two years into the current La Niña weather event. The state saw some of its worst-ever wildfires during the current La Niña, and another year of hot, dry conditions would likely exacerbate the state's water shortages and wildfires. La Niña is a climate pattern in the Pacific Ocean during which strong trade winds bring cold water to the surface off the coast of the
Americas. The weather event is known to cause drought in the United States and rains and flooding in the Pacific Northwest and Canada, according to the National Ocean Service. La Niña is the cold opposite of El Niño and causes cold winter weather in the north and warmer weather in the south. Should La Niña last through 2023, it would be only the third
time the weather event has lasted for three consecutive winters in the northern hemisphere since 1950, according to the World Meteorological Organization. The weather phenomenon is expected to decrease slightly through the summer and increase once again in the Northern Hemisphere in fall and early winter 2022, according to the National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center. The current La Niña event started in September 2020, according to the World Meteorological Organization. There is roughly a 70 percent chance the condition will extend into summer 2022 and a 50 to 60 percent chance of it lasting through July and September. That probability could go up again for the fall and winter. Beyond California, La Niña has affected the ongoing drought in the Horn of Africa and Southern South America, according to the World
Meteorological organization. The weather event also contributed to increased rainfall in Southeast Asia and Australia and a predicted nasty hurricane season in the Atlantic. "Human induced climate change amplifies the impacts of naturally occurring events like La Niña and is increasingly influencing our weather patterns, in particular through more intense heat and drought and the associated risk of wildfires — as well as record-breaking deluges of rainfall and flooding,” World
Meteorological Organization Secretary-General Petteri Taalas said in a news release.
Region 1: Northeast  Region 2: Atlantic Corridor Region 3: Appalachians Region 4: Southeast Region 5: Florida Region 6: Lower Lakes Region 7: Ohio Valley Region 8: Deep South Region 9: Upper Midwest Region 10: Heartland Region 11: Texas-Oklahoma Region 12: High Plains Region 13: Intermountain Region 14: Desert Southwest Region 15: Pacific Northwest Region 16: Pacific Southwest Region 17: Alaska Region 18: Hawaii Will there be an El Niño in 2023?However, as the 3rd year of La Nina continues, Climate Impact Company is forecasting El Nino to form later in 2023. By early next year, the very warm SSTA pattern enhanced by the negative Indian Ocean Dipole (-IOD) in the far eastern equatorial Indian Ocean will fade.
What kind of winter is predicted for 2022 in California?November 2022 to October 2023. Winter will be warmer and wetter than normal, with above-normal mountain snows. The coldest temperatures will occur in mid-November, mid-January, and early February. The stormiest periods will be in mid- to late December, early and late January, early and late February, and late March.
Is it going to be a dry winter in California?In April 2022, officials conducted a snow survey in a dry meadow at Phillips Station in the Sierra Nevada. A warm, dry winter is in store for much of California as La Niña conditions are slated to persist through at least January, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
How accurate is the farmers almanac?The almanacs say they can predict weather with around 80 percent accuracy, but a University of Illinois study disagreed, saying the Almanac was only about 52 percent accurate—which is essentially random chance.
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