What does La Nina mean for our winter in the NE?

[JD]

NOAA is saying La Nina for the first half of this winter. What does it mean for our season?
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[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

It means a cold snowy winter like 1995-96

 

[prisnah]

It means we're all gonna be shreddin serious pow.

 

[ski_resort_observer]

It depends on weather factors like jet stream and lows/highs. As you can see by this chart we had a strong La Nino for 1999-2001 but I remember some bad winters in there for us while the PNW got slammed. It certainly is better than a El Nino but it can be very regional.

http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/ensostuff/ensoyears.shtml

 

[ERJ-145CA]

As much as I like the last 2 responses, according to the NOAA climate prediction center, La Nina does not really have an effect on the North East. Here is a quote from their website:

"Mid-latitude low pressure systems tend to be weaker than normal in the region of the Gulf of Alaska, during a cold episode winter. This favors the build-up of colder than normal air over Alaska and western Canada, which often penetrates into the northern Great Plains and the western United States. The southeastern United States, on the other hand, becomes warmer and drier than normal."

It says the last La Nina was in 1995 and we got a ton of snow in the winter of '95-'96. I remember driving around North Jersey with walls of snow on both sides of the roads. It may have been unrelated to La Nina but it gives me hope.

http://www.publicaffairs.noaa.gov/lanina.html

 

[L2RAFO]

As my gift for foreign languages stops with the ability to order a tasty malt beverage in almost any location on the Planet ( necessaties first ), I'd appreciate someone explaining the difference between all of the different Ninos/Ninas, and Las/Els, etc, etc.

TIA.

 

[ERJ-145CA]

As my gift for foreign languages stops with the ability to order a tasty malt beverage in almost any location on the Planet ( necessaties first ), I'd appreciate someone explaining the difference between all of the different Ninos/Ninas, and Las/Els, etc, etc.

TIA.

El Nino is when the equatorial Pacific is warmer than normal and La Nina is when the equatorial Pacific is colder than normal. Nina and Nino mean child so La/El Nina/Nino means "The Child" with the "a" being feminine and the "o" being masculine.

 

[ERJ-145CA]

Almost forgot - La/El are both "the" feminine and masculine respectively.

 

[L2RAFO]

El Nino is when the equatorial Pacific is warmer than normal and La Nina is when the equatorial Pacific is colder than normal. Nina and Nino mean child so La/El Nina/Nino means "The Child" with the "a" being feminine and the "o" being masculine.

Thanks again, as I really just wasn't asking to ask. A friend of mine is a Spanish teacher, and she could only come up the gender stuff.

 

[askstowell]

Please just give us a nice, early season to make up for the miserable start to last season!

 

[L2RAFO]

Here's what your buds at Kzone have to say on the subject:

http://www.killingtonzone.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=18542