Breaking News: This Just In!

 


Seattle - Puget Sound could be in for another active Winter, thanks to a rare "three-peat" of La Nina conditions, which lead to a colder, wetter and snowier season in the Pacific Northwest.

This month, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's climate office placed the odds of La Nina lingering into early winter at more then 90%. If the forecast holds, climatologists say it will be just the 3rd time in 73 years of records to see three consecutive La Nina Winters.

The weather phenomenon occurs when the water near the equator of the Pacific Ocean is cooler than average. In North America, its effects on the climate are most pronounced in the winter months.

La Nina conditions were in place in February 2021, when Seattle logged its snowiest day in more than 50 years, and again last December when snow blanketed Western Washington in the days just after Christmas. 

Low temperature records fell throughout the week and by January, Snoqualmie Pass recorded its highest snowfall in 20 years, and winter storms continued to pummel the mountain passes into April.


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