During the winter, we are always looking for long range trends. El Nino has impacted our weather significantly so far this winter. The North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) is another weather pattern that greatly affects the East Coast. Here are a couple links to read more about NAO:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Atlantic_oscillation
http://www.appinsys.com/GlobalWarming/AO_NAO.htm
Basically, when NAO is negative, we will see an extended period of cold weather...something we have endured for most of this month. Latest data is suggesting that NAO will trend towards neutral, which means that it could get stormy for the first couple weeks of March (in like a lion?). We'll keep tracking it and keep you posted!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Atlantic_oscillation
http://www.appinsys.com/GlobalWarming/AO_NAO.htm
Basically, when NAO is negative, we will see an extended period of cold weather...something we have endured for most of this month. Latest data is suggesting that NAO will trend towards neutral, which means that it could get stormy for the first couple weeks of March (in like a lion?). We'll keep tracking it and keep you posted!
