How EL Nino affects snowfall this season.

Scientists have been studying snowfall during La Nina, El Nino, and neutral years. No two systems are alike. For that reason, they searched further into studying moderate and severe El Nino years weather patterns. These scientists studying 51 locations were they had 23 El Nino, 20 La Nina, and 22 neutral seasons of snowfall. They looked further into El Nino and La Nina by studying the cold air that travels from west to east.

The results may surprise you. La Nina seasons had heavier snowfalls in the cascades, northern Rockies and lower elevations.  While El Nino seasons had less snowfall in the Northern part of our country including New England. And El Nino is snowier in the great plains and the Ohio Valley. Does that mean more snow for the Huntington area? According to the map... it depends! Huntington lies just in between the mild and snowier seasons. Depending on the course of the Jet steam, it seems that we may have a snowier winter than in other years.

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